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.
Adams could eliminate retired EMS providers, firefighters, officers and others’ health insurance options except for Medicare Advantage
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The firefighter who was driving suffered serious injuries, another had critical injuries and a third firefighter sustained minor injuries
With burns on his hands, arms, neck and head, the Newark firefighter remains hospitalized in stable condition
The “prognosis is looking good” for Dominic Ventolora, who had to be intubated, said Laura Kavanagh, the FDNY’s interim commissioner
“This is crazy. I didn’t even bury my kids yet,” said Nescopeck volunteer firefighter Harold Baker, adding that relatives of his were among the 17 injured
Through a Dukes Healthcare Foundation grant, leaders brought Sigma Tactical Wellness representatives to Peru
The first services are for two young siblings; more services for relatives of Nescopeck Volunteer Fire Company Firefighter Harold Baker will be held over the weekend
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Collin Hagan, a firefighter with the Craig Interagency Hotshot Crew, was battling the Big Swamp Fire near Lemolo Lake
Evansville Fire Chief Mike Connelly said the department has not confirmed how many of the houses were occupied at the time of the blast because “some were too unstable to enter”
Citizens in a private boat helped the injured pilot get to shore
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Bay Village’s Jeremy Gillespie ran over and helped responders perform CPR on Maui Firefighter Tre Evans-Dumaran
“You don’t expect to actually see a giant hole where a bridge used to be — a bridge that I had driven across thousands of times,” said Paramedic Jon Atkinson
Crete volunteer firefighter and college professor Brad Elder tied to hold back tears as he went from a burn unit to his home
One Tusla crewmember was reported to be in serious but stable condition, while the other was treated for minor injuries
The Maui crewmember had been responding to a flood at a home during a heavy rainstorm
“The opportunity to dramatically transform cardiac arrest response and improve outcomes is now possible,” said Rory Beyer, Avive co-founder and president
Robert “Bob” Thomas Gardner, Jr. had served as a deputy chief for the Richmond-Carolina Fire District
In San Diego, first responders freed and transported people trapped or injured by fallen trees
New research from MIT suggests that smoke pollution is rising, leading to more illnesses and premature deaths
The Folds of Honor scholarships are awarded yearly to the spouse and/or dependents of a responder who has fallen or been catastrophically wounded
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