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 Federal Firefighter Fairness Act would give benefits to firefighters who contract heart disease, some cancers and other illnesses due to their service
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Dozens of responders and supporters gathered to rally against Orange County’s pending vaccine deadline
The Columbia-Richland FD is mourning the losses of Chaplain Billie Lee Bright and Battalion Chief Joseph Casey Desso
Chief Goldfeder advises a reader who wants to use the EAP system but worries about confidentiality
Former Wilmington Firefighter Joseph Leonetti Jr. was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing and distributing the images
Capt. Victor Aguirre, a 20-year veteran of the LAFD, had each of his fingers partially amputated due to severe third-degree burns on his hands
State Sen. Ritchie and Assemblyman Walczyk push for more details in the death of FF Peyton L.S. Morse, who died during training at the state fire academy
Lizzy Stabo stepped on a hallow area of ground and landed in a pit of burnt logs and hot embers
Siller, whose FDNY brother was killed on 9/11, walked from the Pentagon to Ground Zero through six states in six weeks to honor first responders
Firefighter Jeffery Hager, 46, served with the Charlotte and Huntersville fire departments
A new FDNY report examines how members of the World Trade Center Health Program have fared in the past 20 years
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Chief Samuel Peña said that this is the third time in a week that a motorist hit a department vehicle while in service at a primary scene
Police leaders celebrated the bill, saying it could help alleviate the police recruiting crisis
No one was at home when Clay County Fire Rescue members responded to the blaze
A department helicopter hoisted victims up to waiting rescue vehicles
Garrett Area Volunteer Fire Department member Phillip Caudill was working on traffic control when he suffered an apparent heart attack
The families of the victims have received death certificates, but they also need autopsy reports or toxicology tests to get benefits
The fire nearly cost the lives of 14 firefighters who were trying to defend their fire station but were overrun by flames and had to deploy emergency shelters
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