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.
Joslyn Carlon, daughter of slain LACoFD Firefighter Tory Carlon, accepted her high school diploma to the applause of dozens of her father’s fellow firefighters
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Officials say the Passaic apparatus was en route to a call when it collided with a minivan
Two Somerville firefighters were taken to the hospital and seven others sustained minor injuries battling the fire that displaced seven people
Savannah Volunteer Fire Department Chief Darrell Woodard, 66, was a firefighter for more than four decades and was planning to celebrate his 13th wedding anniversary
Montville Fire Co. Deputy Chief Don Kutz died from the virus on Dec. 22, weeks after his wife, Montville EMS Lt. Christine Kutz, who died on Dec. 1
The firefighter reportedly suffered a burn to the leg and was transported to an area hospital
“Massachusetts still has not provided any dates, times, or vaccination locations,” the union tweeted Tuesday
The chiefs want both their department members and the public to follow their example when the vaccine becomes more widely available
Aliza and Carson Devoe were granted the funding in light of the death of their father, Lt. Dennis Devoe, who died on the way to a March 2017 house fire caused by a hoverboard
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While working the fire, three Rochester firefighters were injured when one side of the home collapsed on them
Juan Gonzalez, 54, beat COVID-19 but it was two months before he finally tested negative and one of his lungs was affected
COMPLETE COVERAGE
A patient allegedly rushed at Evansville firefighters arriving on scene, stabbing one in the face before being wrestled to the ground
Members of the Horry County Fire Rescue and Calabash Fire Department responded to a blaze at Nations Auto car dealership, where one firefighter was injured
Two firefighters and a paramedic were treated for smoke inhalation from the resulting fire at the Biomat USA Plasma Center
After a fellow Wichita firefighter collapsed at house fire, crews called a mayday, initiated chest compressions and used a defibrillator to regain a pulse
Provincetown Fire Chief Michael Trovato said the call came in as medical aid for a diver who had suffered serious injuries after interacting with a whale
When a Rochester firefighter began suffering from heat exhaustion at the scene of a fire, a transport ambulance was not available for more than seven minutes
A Monroe County firefighter was overcome by heat exhaustion and transported to the hospital after battling the fire at the ranch-style home
Once signed into law, the bill would add vascular rupture to the list of firefighter injuries covered by the state’s workers’ compensation insurance
The chaos of June 12, 2016, left lingering trauma for first responders and led local agencies to reexamine their preparation for active-shooter events
How firefighting foam impacts firefighters and the environment – and what’s being done to address the health concerns