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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.
A Rialto captain, an FF-medic and an engineer are contesting disciplinary actions taken against them
FITNESS IN FOCUS
An outpouring of support from the first responder community follows the fatal shooting of 19 children and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school
“Sadly, this isn’t the last time we will see these headlines, but for us, today, put the tourniquet away and focus on the heart and soul of those in our charge.”
Crews from several communities responded to the blaze, and no guests were hurt
Chief Samuel Peña said that this is the third time in a week that a motorist hit a department vehicle while in service at a primary scene
Police leaders celebrated the bill, saying it could help alleviate the police recruiting crisis
No one was at home when Clay County Fire Rescue members responded to the blaze
A department helicopter hoisted victims up to waiting rescue vehicles
Garrett Area Volunteer Fire Department member Phillip Caudill was working on traffic control when he suffered an apparent heart attack
The families of the victims have received death certificates, but they also need autopsy reports or toxicology tests to get benefits
The fire nearly cost the lives of 14 firefighters who were trying to defend their fire station but were overrun by flames and had to deploy emergency shelters
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Assistant Chief Ellsworth Fortman was charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run and driving without a valid license in January 2020
Crews rushed to move the injured recruits off a live electrical wire downed in the crash and stabilize as many patients as possible
Firefighters must ensure that they have and properly maintain air monitoring equipment to quickly identify dangerous environments
More than 100 firefighters and other rescue personnel responded to the scene of a partial building collapse, heavy fire conditions and multiple injuries
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
MagneGrip’s new PRO Nozzle diesel exhaust source capture system streamlines the extraction hose connection process
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