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.
Fire Chief Richard Kelley performed rescue and recovery operations, and Police Chief Wade Gourley served as an honor guard for many victims’ funerals
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The Georgia Office of Public Safety Support was created after legislation supporting the effort to formalize peer counseling for first responders passed in 2018
I can’t presume to know what’s in the heart of this vaccine resister, but each preventable firefighter, paramedic and cop COVID-19 death is heartbreaking to me
How I learned to accept a life without my father and trust that everything happens for a reason
My dad will always be a hero but so are my mom and the people from the firefighter community who have supported us
Ex-Providence Lt. Lori Franchina says she is in intensive outpatient psychiatric treatment and unable to work, putting her near poverty level
Knowing how to intervene when a firefighter is going off the rails could save their career and protect the department’s reputation
The firefighter was transported to the hospital; the condition of the firefighter is unknown
Maia Dalton-Theodore will focus on collaboration, plus safe, confidential and customized services, to serve the city’s firefighters
Two Riverside County fire engines were also damaged in the blast
The firefighters were quickly transported to the hospital, with one firefighter listed as in “serious condition”
COMPLETE COVERAGE
It’s a stressful job, so you need to know how to check in and take care of yourself
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
Yoga poses can help improve firefighter flexibility and mobility – factors that are essential not only to improving endurance, but to resisting injury
Starting a wellness program includes diagnosing the issue or improvement, developing the plan and implementing it
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