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.
At least seven people were injured, including four firefighters, after a natural gas explosion at an apartment complex
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Recovery Centers of America officials say the program is the first of its kind in Indiana
Opponents of the proposal said it would prevent healthcare agencies from keeping track of which staff members are vaccinated
Under the bill, first responders no longer need to prove their stress was unusual compared to their coworkers’ to receive compensation
Regardless of case severity, many COVID-19 patients face serious persistent symptoms for months
Shake off the strictures of COVID-19, gear up and use training to prove you’re still ‘brilliant at the basics’
On-scene rehab is vital to firefighters’ health; here’s how firefighters can set aside a week to focus on rehab
Retired Syracuse Firefighter Tim Downes, a cancer survivor, has been working to implement the comprehensive screening for about seven years
One of the Concord firefighters sustained second-degree burns
East Dover Fire Company District Chief Brian Sauers went into cardiac arrest while battling the blaze
The bill has a retroactive application date of Jan. 1, 2010
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Pauline Perez was released from the burn unit after nearly 3 weeks; two other firefighters remain in stable but serious condition
The Biden administration is launching a broad strategy to regulate PFAS, toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions
A 25-year-old Swatara, Pa., live-in firefighter was found deceased in her bunk room, according to police
Crews worked to get a handle on what they described as a “deep-seated fire” with more than 10,000 gallons of water
The Dover Township Volunteer FD firefighter was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
“It missed my spine by a half-inch to an inch,” said Cornell firefighter Justin Fredrickson, who was struck by a bullet from a gun that heated up at a house fire
The firefighter was part of the hand crew at the KNP Complex Fire in Sequoia National Park when they were hit and transported to an area hospital
Clay Geiger, 31, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and with a weakened immune system, contracted the virus before vaccines were available
Palm Harbor Fire & Rescue Firefighter-Paramedic Lt. Ashley White was struck while retrieving equipment from the staged apparatus
The KNP Complex and Windy fires have damaged or killed dozens of giant sequoia trees