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.
A tractor-trailer crashed into a Minquadale Fire Company truck, which hit a guard rail and overturned, briefly trapping the firefighters
FITNESS IN FOCUS
It’s a serious issue, so why are so many fire service leaders looking the other way?
Burlington Firefighter Colin McFadden, 26, suffered a brain hemorrhage on the scene, caused by undiagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia
All 57 bus passengers, coming from Poughkeepsie to visit Niagara Falls, were injured in the rollover
A CAL FIRE captain and three firefighters were injured when a tree fell on them
Dramatic video footage shows Oxford firefighters rescuing a man atop a lift that made contact with power lines and ignited
Video shows the South Torch Lake engine teetering on the edge of the fallen roadway
The Reedy Creek Firefighters Association president points to a lack of support for firefighters and paramedics who are exposed to or contract the virus
Newark Firefighters Union President Chuck West said employees should be given the option of being tested continuously for COVID-19 or getting the vaccine
Burlington Volunteer Firefighter-EMT Colin McFadden, 26, had been with the department for six years
The four firefighters inside, part of a 20-person crew working the Skyline Ridge Complex, were rushed by ambulance to a nearby medical center
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Hobart “Hobie” Erickson, 95, started his fire service career in New Jersey in 1965
The Trenton firefighter is in stable condition, and police are investigating the incident
A successful rehab program provides adequate physical and mental support for firefighters at fireground operations
A captain and a firefighter are being treated in a Staten Island hospital’s burn unit
Terry Shaffer is recovering, and a fundraiser to help him and his family with medical bills has surpassed $100K
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
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
