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.
Key steps for firefighter fitness and prolonging a fire service career, plus how to emerge from the “COVID cocoon” and recommit to a health mindset
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Sixty-five firefighters from four departments responded to the blaze
The Oakalla Volunteer Fire Department firefighters were en route to a call at the time of the incident
62 firefighters died in the line of duty, with the leading cause of fatal injury being stress or overexertion
A Paterson Fire Department captain and firefighter were transported from a fire that spread to multiple occupancies
Stillwater Fire Department Captain Randy Blake is being treated at a Tulsa hospital
One of the Camden firefighters fell through the second-story floor, seriously injuring his back
Probationary Firefighter Anthony Phillips Jr. is following in the footsteps of his father, who served in Washington D.C. and died in the line of duty in 1999
Recent first responder LODDs underscore the virus’ devastating impact on public safety
A three-alarm fire in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood damaged four homes
A member of the East Haven Fire Department was injured while working the scene of a fully involved unit of an apartment complex
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Commissioner Daniel Nigro said 911 wasn’t called for 10 minutes after the fire was first detected
Open storage extends the life of agency investments in turnout gear and helps keep firefighters safer
Police said the man set two fires in November and another two this week
Bastrop Assistant Fire Chief Eric DeArmitt sustained serious injuries in the incident
More than 350 fire and EMS personnel responded to the blaze that displaced 90 families
The fire destroyed 374 buildings, forced nearly 100,000 people to evacuate and left at least one firefighter with third-degree burns
The agent and the firefighter removed the woman from a bridge where she was threatening to jump
A fundraiser has been set up for those affected by the fire, including Hartland Fire Capt. Randy Gilmore and his daughter, an EMT
The first crews arrived to find the trailer fully involved in flames
Pittsburgh firefighters were providing mutual aid in Mt. Oliver where an abandoned home was engulfed in flames