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
It is the fourth year in a row Delegate Chad Lovejoy has introduced the legislation
Decatur officials said approximately 40-45% of the city’s first responders and public works employees have been vaccinated so far
Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company Assistant Chief James Brooks Jr. suffered a torn aorta responding to a fire and accumulated nearly $1 million in medical bills
Erskine Lakes Fire Company #1 Firefighter John Jonker Sr., 80, collapsed shortly after returning home from duty on Feb. 10
About 200 FDNY personnel responded to the blaze that destroyed a dollar store in Queens
Appropriate PPE can reduce respiratory, vision and hearing risks
The bill would apply to the spouses and children of police officers, corrections officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty after Jan 1. 2010
Spokane firefighters responded to a house fire Sunday morning where a resident was also critically injured
The proposed bill would also mandate health and occupational training for firefighters
A fundraiser for Vista Firefighter-Paramedic Andy Valenta, 33, who was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, raised more than $80,000 in 3 days
COMPLETE COVERAGE
“We train for responding to an active shooter event, not being part of one,” the fire chief said
The Spokane Valley Fire Department members sustained minor injuries battling a blaze that burst through the roof of the building
What first responders need to know about the likelihood of side effects from the vaccine vs. the virus, plus new infection rates
In this video, risk management expert Gordon Graham discusses the importance of annual physicals for firefighters
One Cheektowaga firefighter became dehydrated and another suffered a cut on his arm while fighting a fire in a storage facility
A firefighter suffered minor injuries at an “all-hands” fire call involving about 60 responders from 12 units
A man shot a firefighter and two members of a Tucson ambulance crew, and killed a neighbor, before he was shot by police, officials said
Watch as fitness expert Aaron Zamzow details three stretches and three exercises designed specifically to keep firefighters’ knees healthy
Red Lodge Fire Rescue Firefighter Dan Steffensen was flow to a burn center in Utah after a fellow firefighter escaped and notified the IC
Vincent Intiso, 57, served with the East Orange Fire Department for 34 years
