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
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Several people were extricated from damaged homes as first responders conducted extensive search and rescue efforts
The agency set aside $2 billion to reimburse families affected by deaths related to the pandemic
Minneapolis Fire Department Capt. Scott Coffey aims to raise $10,000 for the charity Firefighters for Healing
Fallen Spring Valley Firefighter Jared Lloyd was the father of Darius, 5, and Logan, who turned 6 on Wednesday
An animal shelter director said the kittens could have died from grooming their smoke-covered fur if they hadn’t been found
One Spring Valley firefighter remains unaccounted for after a mayday call
Focus on teamwork, coping mechanisms and even how not to behave with other members
Officials said the firefighter was knocked into the air by a supply line that suddenly jerked
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An East Contra Costa fire district firefighter was injured when the apparatus he was driving flipped; he was transported to the hospital with minor injuries and released
The bill aims to eliminate the down payment and monthly mortgage insurance premium requirement for first responders buying their first home
When fire service leaders focus on behavior change, culture takes care of itself
Mitigating the negative influences of goal seduction, situation aversion and firefighter identity are critical to fostering a culture of safety
Even after FDNY Firefighter Lee Ielpi’s son was recovered from the World Trade Center rubble, he kept searching – and embarked on a mission to educate
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
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