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
Data points to evaluate at your agency as we move into a new phase of COVID-19 response
Despite a challenging year, firefighters can look ahead to 2021 with hope, inspiration and renewed energy
Sarbanes, 87, was a past chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus and a strong ally of the CFSI and NFFF
Therapy, medication and support helped me win the battled against PTSD and find hope again
FDNY Uniformed Firefighters Association President Andrew Ansbro said the reluctance to get the vaccine comes down to an “education issue”
The fire chiefs of Methuen and Lawrence are both out sick after testing positive for the virus shortly after Thanksgiving
The driver who struck the 30-year-old Irving firefighter was charged with ‘intoxication assault’
The Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village burned after a fire spread from a five-story vacant building adjacent to the church
It is unclear when the city will receive a shipment of doses, which will likely be allocated first to medical facilities in the state
It will take teamwork and cooperation among all of us to understand and fight this monster
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Morgan Dardia, a high school student, lacrosse goalie and daughter of a fire captain, recently completed her EMT courses
The former Buffalo firefighter-EMT says he was fired under an outdated collective bargaining agreement
New Haven Firefighter Richard “Rico” Torres Jr., 30, was killed in the blaze and Lt. Samod Rankins was seriously burned
Despite drastic technological advances over the decades, firefighter PPE remains relatively unchanged
The remodel will add more separate bathrooms and showers and individual sleeping areas rather than an open dorm
Police said the firefighter was providing assistance to deputies who were trying to arrest the man
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A portion of the ceiling fell on the Springfield firefighter’s head during a blaze at a former recreational building
“It’s not everyday that a mom gets to watch one of her children save someone’s life,” the firefighter’s mother wrote
The fire spread quickly, damaging four residences
The department launched an audit in March following the back-to-back drunk driving incidents