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.
Montgomery County crews faced a complex and dangerous scene with a plane entangled in power lines dangling 100 feet above the ground
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Gov. Andy Beshear signed House Bill 562, which allows a 48-hour leave following a critical incident
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief Train 4 was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it struck a dump truck at a crossing
Researchers have developed a systems-level checklist to address stress and violence affecting fire-based EMS responders
How to best manage our high-stress, time-compressed working conditions to control fight-or-flight response
The city unanimously passed an ordinance to extend LODD benefits to suicide deaths
The Angel Fire employee who brought the complaint also was found to be at fault and resigned
Prosecutors recommended that Joshua Eisnor serve 90 days in prison followed by two years of supervised release
Providence Firefighter Dan Rinaldi is one of 10 contestants on “The Great American Recipe”
Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue firefighters doused the RED Air Flight 203 fire with foam
Assistant Chief Jonathon Coco and his younger brother, Firefighter Hunter Coco, served with the Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department
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Greensboro responders are grappling with the tragedy, and the fire department deployed its peer-support team to the scene
Minnetonka firefighters are trying to help Tim Tripp, who is in a coma
Nine Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters and a medic unit responded after the injured driver slept overnight in the cold trunk as water got into the vehicle
The survivors have claims worth more than $10 million, attorneys for the families said
Mental health experts are issuing advice to coworkers and family members about the warning signs of someone struggling with the deaths
Crews found one of the victims sprawled out on top of the elevator; the other victim was underneath the elevator
Research shows that “it’s not how much conflict you have but how you work through that conflict that makes the difference”
Though it might be hard to find the time, it’s important for spouses of first responders to focus on their own needs, too
Learn how therapy can improve communication, provide a safe place for family members to share and gain real-world coping mechanisms
With American Rescue Plan Act money, the city plans to offer $3,000 signing bonuses to 550 new hires
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