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.
Coral Springs public safety service members have turned to therapy, peer counseling and charity work
FITNESS IN FOCUS
“Please pray for them and their families,” Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said, referring to all eight firefighters who were hurt
The pilot and two others sustained moderate injuries and were transported to a trauma center
The three most seriously injured Paterson firefighters were in stable condition with “non-life-threatening” injuries, said Chief Brian McDermott
The mother of Spring Valley Fire Department 2nd Lieutenant Jared Lloyd is suing the assisted living facility, the village, building inspectors and two rabbis
The primary goal of mental wellness check-ins is to provide public safety employees with increased quality of life as well as tools to manage their response to stress and trauma
Guardian House, a 66-unit complex, will have reduced rents for first responders who meet certain income requirements
One firefighter hurt in the Fresno County wildfire remains hospitalized
The news is “tragic and very sad,” the Sun City Fire and Medical Department said in a statement following the death of Shane Godbehere, which is under investigation
Even as time and distance separate us from 9/11 and memories begin to fade, the NFFF remains committed to Never Forget fallen firefighters and their families
More than 180 firefighters, 19 fire engines and 13 trucks responded to the blaze that included five connected commercial structures
COMPLETE COVERAGE
A new Las Cruces, New Mexico, program aims to better serve community members experiencing mental health emergencies
“When Michael died, I was told his hose never got water in that awful fire,” said Kathy Crosby-Bell, mother of Firefighter Michael Kennedy
The St. Tammany District 7 crewmember sustained multiple fractures, was extricated from the overturned fire truck and airlifted to a medical center
The first firefighter-influencer of the modern era shares how his early speaking nerves transformed into a love of making comedy videos
The therapists serving Schenectady County have backgrounds in trauma, and insurance is not required
Lake Mills Fire Department Chief Todd J. Yandre was in the fire service for 42 years and was a fire instructor for 18 years
The Atlanta Police Foundation, with help from the Atlanta Apartment Association, will oversee the $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds
The program is designed to help attract and retain first responders and to help them afford homes near their workplaces
More than dozen people were transported to a hospital
A total of 20 firefighters were hurt in the Staten Island residential blaze
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