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 Georgia Office of Public Safety Support was created after legislation supporting the effort to formalize peer counseling for first responders passed in 2018
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Situational awareness and communication are critical factors when master streams are applied with firefighter working interior
One firefighter was knocked unconscious after a metal grate fell on his head
Millvale Police Chief Tim Komoroski said a police officer rescued three people from the home
These firefighters and firefighter family members flexed their entrepreneurial skills on the small screen
Six ambulances were sent to the three-story apartment building that was engulfed in flames
The firefighter was transported to a trauma center with burn injuries
Police allege Teresa Ortiz, 45, was caught on surveillance footage and the scene of the fire
Cedar Lake Fire Chief Todd Wilkening was suspended for allegedly asking why police were arresting “my guys”
Several people were extricated from damaged homes as first responders conducted extensive search and rescue efforts
COMPLETE COVERAGE
The fire forced a couple of occupants in the burning apartments to jump from a second-floor window, Lexington Fire Chief Jordan Saas said
Jamie Snow said she believes her husband, Arlington Firefighter Elijah Snow, was murdered
In the past year, Polk County first responders have been asked to pick up 4,495 mandatory OT shifts, totaling 89,434 hours
Along the 500-mile trek from the Pentagon to Shanksville to New York City, I share Stephen’s story and the Tunnel to Towers message
Even two decades later, weight loss and treating excess fat in the blood stream may reduce responders’ chance of developing lung disease
A member of the Indianapolis Fire Department was hurt after touching an energized object before power was cut to the building
The World Trade Center Health Program report details the health impacts faced by the 15,000+ FDNY first responders who worked at Ground Zero
One study revealed that the effects of wood smoke were similar to the effects of cigarette and cannabis smoke exposure on sperm
It is difficult to state that we care about the public we serve when we cite “personal choice” as a reason for not being vaccinated
Richard Gerety III, a volunteer firefighter for the West Stanislaus County Fire Protection District, sustained burns to 20% of his body
