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.
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The Kansas City Fire Department apparatus had its lights and siren on and was responding to a call when the incident occurred
Emporia Fire Department Firefighter Tharon Mott was seriously injured in a fall; the name of the 2nd injured firefighter was not released
A security guard was treated at the scene, and a cast member was transported from the park, authorities said
The Kansas City firefighter, who was not actively responding to a call at the time of the injury, suffered the injury over the weekend
FireRescue1 contributors ponder what firefighters will face next, after two years of considerable challenges
After 9/11, Dan Rowan, a 21-year FDNY veteran, moved from New York to Arizona to become a fourth-generation police officer – a change he says got him through some of his darkest days
Community support and agency coordination will be essential to assist search, rescue and recovery missions across the Midwest
Firefighters showed their kindness; devotion to family, animals and even food; and participated in some strange-but-true events
Understand the seven sources of frustration among firefighter families, plus three simple ways to mitigate common stressors
Firefighters from 10 departments fought the three-alarm house fire
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Boston EMS transported five firefighters and evaluated four at the scene
Jackie Henry was traveling with four passengers in the SUV, including her daughter and the widow of a Richville volunteer firefighter who was preparing to bury her husband
Out of the 115 sailors on the USS Bonhomme Richard, nearly 60 were treated for heat exhaustion, smoke inhalation and minor injuries
Firefighter Ryan Warnock was helping to stabilize the vehicle for extrication when one of the occupants hit the gas, causing the car to shift
Austin Duran started working at the Apopka Fire Department in 2020 after being a fire explorer in high school
A mayday was called, and the firefighter was transported to an area hospital
988 is designed to make it easier for callers to get services offered via the traditional 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which will still be active
Holly Heidenreich and her teammate, Megan Scully, were the only prone board paddling team in the 2022 Crossing For Cystic Fibrosis challenge
Alexio Lattero, a junior firefighter, has been charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle in the death of Greensboro Firefighter Richard Norman Murrell
The Grimes County firefighter who was driving the apparatus suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is expected to make a full recovery