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.
The suspect, who admitted to having several drinks, was driving in the emergency lane when he hit a Memphis Fire Department ambulance
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A successful rehab program provides adequate physical and mental support for firefighters at fireground operations
A captain and a firefighter are being treated in a Staten Island hospital’s burn unit
Terry Shaffer is recovering, and a fundraiser to help him and his family with medical bills has surpassed $100K
Former Cambridge Fire Chief John P. Trumble was working with firefighters as a spotter when he was overcome by smoke and fire
A ceiling partially collapsed in the blaze, injuring eight firefighters and killing Firefighter Timothy Klein, 31
With black, turbulent smoke chugging around them, crews assist a firefighter going head first out a broken window
Simple steps make a difference, and big shifts can be monumental in the fight against climate change
Allenton VFD Assistant Chief Paul Hayes was escorted home following a struck-by incident that left him hospitalized for weeks
The bill, which is named for Frederick County Battalion Chief Joshua Laird, is meant to prevent pipes from failing after a lightning strike
After the rig was uncovered, police were forced to use a fingerprint scanner to identify the man, who was determined to have a history of mental illness
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The elite event also inducted its first hall of fame members
Newport Firefighter Bob Hug was on dialysis for more than six months before receiving a kidney donation from his colleague, Ryan Whaley
Four residents were also injured at the two-alarm fire; Hampton crews were still on the scene hours later
“Once-in-a-lifetime events are happening every summer. This is a different kind of exposure,” said researcher Keith Bein
Naples Fire-Rescue Department crewmembers were forced to dismantle the chair in order to free the patient
Crews were working the scene of a hit-and-run when the driver plowed into first responders
Crewmembers were doing maintenance on a transport truck at the Placerville Fire Center when the vehicle’s engine compartment ignited
Debilitating physical pain can have a similarly devastating mental impact
Reflections on the pain of loss but also the promise community risk reduction