Health & Wellness
FireRescue1’s Health and Wellness resource center provides practical, evidence-informed guidance to support physical fitness, mental health and long-term career resilience. Coverage includes injury prevention, nutrition, sleep, stress management, cancer awareness and behavioral health to help fire service professionals remain healthy, capable and mission-ready on and off duty.
The medical team uses a technology-enabled system to help La Crosse crewmembers tailor their workouts
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The Saratoga County team’s goal is to help firefighters, EMS providers and police with mental health needs as soon as possible after critical incidents
South Montgomery and Spring FD crews rescued a man from the dangling big rig; and EMS providers transported the critically injured box truck operator
Watch as Georgetown Fire Department’s fire dog, Koda, happily lets the stranded member inside
Dale Melanson’s helmet has visited more than two dozen departments so far
The Cronomer Valley crewmember was flown to a hospital
William Hammond continues fighting for the full benefits package including a $25,000 lump sum
The Long Beach Fire Department said the class was going through live fire training and the blast happened in the structure’s basement as operations began
The exemption would have applied to the value of a property worth between $100,000 and $150,000
Focus your discussions instead on when and where to mask up, how to deploy the hoseline, and what should occur in rehab
Calvert Volunteer Fire Department Chief Everette Watson was picking up supplies for a training drill when he suffered a medical emergency
COMPLETE COVERAGE
With evidence-based strategies, you can reduce your stress and avoid burnout
“NFPA’s process is the gold standard for standards development and involves a proven, consensus-based approach,” said Vice President Lorraine Carli
A Santa Barbara County captain is in serious but stable condition in an ICU; an engineer has been released from the hospital
Under the measure, public safety leaders could classify first responder suicides as LODDs, and victims’ families would be eligible for a $100,000 benefit
About 140 crewmembers responded and encountered heavy fire
Mindfulness techniques and takeaways from an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing training course
We can’t allow a bad day to be that reason one of our members doesn’t go home
Simple ways to support firefighter behavioral health following a potentially traumatic event
West Firefighter Edward Hykel was injured in the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion
Former Chief Jeff M. Pfeiffer served with the Deptford Fire Department for 50 years and was an organ donor
