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.
Robert Swink was a “great firefighter and a dedicated member of our family,” said Greensboro Fire Chief Jim Robinson
FITNESS IN FOCUS
About 30 firefighters from nine departments responded to the blaze
Multiple explosions occurred after firefighters arrived, and approximately 30 tanker trucks shuttled water to the scene due to the lack of hydrants in the area
Justin Moore’s mother described her son’s declining health and offered her condolences to the family of slain firefighter Jacob Tyler McClanahan
Investigators say the victim suffered a broken left arm, a swollen right arm and a concussion
Another man was also killed in the incident and a Palmyra Police Department officer was wounded in the shooting, which is under investigation
Wilmington Fire and Rescue warned the public to “slow down and proceed with caution around emergency vehicles responding with their lights on”
Baltimore County Fire Department crews extinguished the fire that officials say may have contained hazardous materials
Crews with multiple agencies rescued the Morristown Rescue crew and treated and transported the patient
We need to apply our fireground mayday training to our mental health and personal stressors
Telling my members, my wife and myself that I was OK worked for a while, then it all caught up with me on an incident scene
COMPLETE COVERAGE
William Hammond continues fighting for the full benefits package including a $25,000 lump sum
The Long Beach Fire Department said the class was going through live fire training and the blast happened in the structure’s basement as operations began
Understanding the various factors that impact PPE service life – and why retirement rules aren’t so simple
The exemption would have applied to the value of a property worth between $100,000 and $150,000
Learn how you can limit your exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl, also known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals”
Focus your discussions instead on when and where to mask up, how to deploy the hoseline, and what should occur in rehab
Calvert Volunteer Fire Department Chief Everette Watson was picking up supplies for a training drill when he suffered a medical emergency
One firefighter suffering from exhaustion was transported to a hospital
The CDC changed the contractors who run the National Provider Network for some 25,000 and the prescription drug benefits for the whole program
Four crewmembers were on the rope during the rarely needed, lifesaving maneuver