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.
Manchester Fire Department Capt. Steve DesRuisseaux suffered burns over 40% of his body after becoming engulfed in flames during a house fire rescue
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Officials said the impact of the collision caused the engine to smash through the side of a four-story structure
Strategies for first responders to manage stress during busy shifts
The fast-moving blaze burned through five three-story homes, displacing 48 people
2nd Alarm Project addresses how to operationalize culture change regarding behavioral health within the fire service
Chief Bashoor looks at how fire departments can integrate MIH approaches
The fire service has changed: There are more fires to fight and wounds to heal than the ones on the outside
One of the tenants was critically injured in the fire that led at least three people to jump from the building to escape
Selden firefighters and police officers drove up and down the streets warning the community after the city’s tornado sirens stopped working
COMPLETE COVERAGE
EMS transported the firefighters from the Mariners Harbor Houses
The vehicles were responding to two different calls when the crash occurred
Titus County Firefighters Ross Estabrooks, 47, and Wesley Vanderver, 86, suffered cardiac arrests in a matter of weeks
Assistant Chief Bill Sames of the Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company called the fire a “logistical nightmare” due to the size of the home
The incident comes just nine days after a captain from the same department suffered severe burns from an apartment fire flashover
A firefighter working a structure and brush fire was working traffic when a driver “attempted to come through the road block”
The updated resource includes additional information on gaslighting, emotional intelligence, compassion fatigue, resilience and more
Born four days apart, Fire Chief Jeff Blanchard and Police Chief Walter Sweeney have been friends since middle school
While rehab is typically thought of as for structure fires, Gordon Graham challenges responders to think about rehab during non-structure fire operations too
Two Cleburne firefighters were taken to the hospital for evaluation with non-life-threatening injuries