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
As part of the Community Assistance Response program, paramedics and mental health professionals, rather than police, are at the forefront of non-violent crisis calls
A chemical reaction to peroxide and ammonia injured a dozen Cambridge firefighters
The missing 16-year-old is the granddaughter of retired Verde Valley Fire, Ambulance chiefs and is the niece of a Cottonwood firefighter
An Allentown firefighter was transported to a local hospital after working a fire at an elementary school that destroyed mobile classrooms
When asked about union pushback on the decision, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city has a right to require that its workforce gets vaccinated or tested
The mandate applies to roughly 340,000 workers, including firefighters, cops and teachers
Surfside condo collapse search concludes after a month of work with 97 individuals confirmed dead
EMT Jacob Dindinger continues to fight while recovering from injuries suffered in Tucson shooting
Firefighter Thomas Royds, 49, was killed, and two other firefighters and a state trooper were injured when struck at crash scene
Heavy fire was showing from a vacant two-story rowhome when firefighters arrived, and the flames spread to three other vacant homes
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Santa Fe’s former Assistant Chief and Fire Marshal Ted Bolleter ran through the fire as other family members escaped, according to his daughter
After the 3-alarm house fire, the firefighters were released from the hospital and one was cleared to return to duty
Other challenges to the future of the fire service include shift schedule adjustments and rethinking our apparatus
The Hometown Hero Housing program aimed to help with down payments and closing costs, but it died in committee
Shawn Menear sustained burns in January and had surgery, but on Wednesday, the Middletown Volunteer Fire Department will escort him home
The Larksville Borough Fire Department Chief Engineer had just pulled up to the station when he experienced a cardiac-related incident
Tips from Boston EMS for starting a health and wellness program to support member resiliency
A $100M wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Rialto FD following medics’ refusal to enter a care facility to treat a man in cardiac arrest
Steve Sungho Lee and six of his companies faced 163 criminal misdemeanor charges stemming from the May 16, 2020, explosion
The driver reportedly drove around an engine and ran over the hose, causing the firefighter’s leg to become tangled