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.
FITNESS IN FOCUS
A second Fort Osage Fire Protection District member also was hurt when a brush truck became surrounded by heavy smoke and was destroyed
The team won a silver medal in the World’s Strongest Firefighters Championship
The elite event also inducted its first hall of fame members
Newport Firefighter Bob Hug was on dialysis for more than six months before receiving a kidney donation from his colleague, Ryan Whaley
Four residents were also injured at the two-alarm fire; Hampton crews were still on the scene hours later
“Once-in-a-lifetime events are happening every summer. This is a different kind of exposure,” said researcher Keith Bein
Naples Fire-Rescue Department crewmembers were forced to dismantle the chair in order to free the patient
Crews were working the scene of a hit-and-run when the driver plowed into first responders
Crewmembers were doing maintenance on a transport truck at the Placerville Fire Center when the vehicle’s engine compartment ignited
COMPLETE COVERAGE
We MUST check the status of smoke alarms at vacation properties, sleepovers, hotels … anywhere and everywhere our kids stay
The proposal has been disputed by insurance firms and municipal interest groups who fear the bill would overburden towns and workers’ compensation insurers
The crewmembers were transported to hospitals and appeared to not be seriously injured, officials said
Lexipol created First Responder Wellness Week to support, raise awareness and promote strong self-care among public safety workers
If you’re called to serve in an environment where you might be exposed to smoke and ash, protect yourself
A driver in a Chevy Avalanche pick-up reportedly T-boned the rig at an intersection and kept on driving
Chief Marc Bashoor joins a special live Better Every Shift to discuss what it really means to be a healthy firefighter
Out of the total $95 million, $61 million has been awarded so far to 237 agencies
Austell Firefighter Bret Langston’s daughter didn’t have time to get to a birthing center – a bunk room would do
Lost Acres Fire Department members are hosting a fundraiser to support the firefighter, who escaped with his dogs
