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
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
Flames at the multi-family home reportedly reached up to 30 feet high before crews were able to knock it down
Through a series of portraits, Kate Bergen hopes to elevate the stories and recognition of the women who answered the call on that September day
The money would shore up the 9/11 World Trade Center Health Program, which was permanently extended, along with the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
West Stanislaus Fire Protection District Firefighter Richard Gerety had been working the Caldor Fire for 10 days when he was seriously injured on Aug. 28
The City of Seminole received the $782,727 FEMA grant on July 30, and the county is required to contribute 10% for a total of $861,001
Detailing the connection between noise and disease – and what firefighters can do to better protect their hearing
In the video, department members recall stolen supplies, being spat on while treating the injured
Ellsworth Volunteer Fire Department Fire Police Capt. Laron Holcomb is remembered as a father figure for the younger members of the department
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Justin Moore’s mother described her son’s declining health and offered her condolences to the family of slain firefighter Jacob Tyler McClanahan
Investigators say the victim suffered a broken left arm, a swollen right arm and a concussion
Another man was also killed in the incident and a Palmyra Police Department officer was wounded in the shooting, which is under investigation
Wilmington Fire and Rescue warned the public to “slow down and proceed with caution around emergency vehicles responding with their lights on”
Baltimore County Fire Department crews extinguished the fire that officials say may have contained hazardous materials
Crews with multiple agencies rescued the Morristown Rescue crew and treated and transported the patient
We need to apply our fireground mayday training to our mental health and personal stressors
Telling my members, my wife and myself that I was OK worked for a while, then it all caught up with me on an incident scene
Dogs have a long history helping firefighters; now they expand their role to offer physical and mental health benefits
Firefighters put out the flames and rescued the trapped and injured people; the five survivors were transported to hospitals