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
Burlington Firefighter-EMT Colin McFadden remains in the ICU after experiencing a medical emergency at three-alarm fire
A Frederick County fire official said Captain Joshua Laird, 46, issued a mayday after falling through the floor into the basement
Stockton Fire Department Firefighter Dan La Rock was ejected from the fire truck and suffered a fractured femur, vertebrae and ribs, and a ruptured spleen
Firefighting foam is blamed for PFAS pollution in one airport-adjacent area that has registered two violations this year
Fort Atkinson Fire Chief Daryl Rausch said crews will let the rest of the building and its contents burn out overnight
For the final round of the competition, Spokane Firefighter Andrew Hall created a 32-inch Walloon sword, a 16th century European blade with a distinctive hilt
A Hooversville Volunteer Fire Department firefighter was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries
Detailing simple steps fire departments can employ to best connect with members
Wellesley Fire Chief Richard DeLorie has admitted to violating the state’s conflict of interest law by participating in the hiring of his son as a town firefighter
The suit, filed by Enrique Arango, names multiple companies “involved in the ownership, maintenance, restoration, management, inspection and oversight of the building”
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Police officers — including some who were off-duty — assisted the Whitehall Township Bureau of Fire
The Highview Fire Department and Louisville Metro Police Department have been raising funds for Sean Colyer
Lawyers for the family of Jonathan Flagler blame on-scene commanders
The driver hit multiple people and vehicles on the Fourth of July
The suit alleges that the city violated the California Public Records Act by denying requests for documents regarding former Chief Deputy Fred Mathis
The Salt River Fire Department has “a rotation right now where our guys are standing by at the hospital nonstop until he wakes up,” said Capt. Ray Martinez
Lt. Philip M. Wigal, 35, of the Town and Country Fire District was pronounced dead at the scene
5 victims are in critical condition; NYPD found a U-Haul van sought in connection with the shooting
With the achievement confirmed, Hygiene Fire Protection District Firefighter Dylan Miraglia is working on another challenge
Despite COVID’s effect on LODD statistics, nearly 50% of all firefighter deaths continue to be attributed to cardiovascular events
