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.
Once signed into law, the bill would add vascular rupture to the list of firefighter injuries covered by the state’s workers’ compensation insurance
FITNESS IN FOCUS
President-elect Joe Biden said he will release most available doses, in contrast to the current approach of conserving supply to guarantee availability of second shots
Investigators say the fire spread across three homes after a cigarette was placed on a plastic mattress cover
Yonkers firefighters rescued three people from a third-floor apartment, and one family jumped from the 19th-floor to a lower balcony to escape the smoke
Brimfield Fire Chief Bob Forney is remembered as a selfless leader and a “true public servant” who was highly involved in his community
Receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is a safe and effective way to protect yourself, serve others and give back to your community
Study shows chemical exposure is higher while on-duty, and increased with the number of fires fought
The guidebook outlines measures for reducing COVID-19 exposure and supporting first responder wellness
The Rockport Fire Department is raising money for Jason Doyle, 38, who has been hospitalized, fighting the virus for nearly a month
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ addressed in annual defense bill
Los Angeles Fire Department personnel who receive the vaccine will be entered into a raffle to win items such as gift cards, electronics and bicycles
COMPLETE COVERAGE
The FDNY held a wreath-laying ceremony for the three firefighters killed on on June 17, 2001
More than 500 people gathered to celebrate the life of LACoFD Firefighter Tory Carlon, who was killed by a co-worker at the fire station earlier this month
Oakland firefighters were able to keep extinguish the blaze without it spreading to other cars parked on the street
Let’s do this: MCIs, hose stretch, RIT, size-up and more
Evansville Fire Department Division Chief Mike Larson said the community loses out when firefighters are forced to be more cautious due to threat of violence
A firefighter in the United Kingdom was called to the scene of a crash and watched as his daughter was discovered in the wreckage
Surviving COVID-19 and now managing its ongoing health effects has given me a new appreciation for family, friends and life
Members of the Indianapolis Fire Department held baby Kynleigh Rose Wheeler a month after they assisted in her emergency delivery
A Peoria firefighter injured his ankle during the response efforts and was transported to the hospital
Richard Zielinski, 75, was handling traffic for the Wesley Volunteer Fire Department when the pickup truck hit him