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
Vaccination protects providers, partners, the public and patients from the known and significant risks of COVID-19 infection
Mansfield Fire Department Capt. Ted Morrissette, who was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease 18 years ago, is now recovering at home after a liver transplant
Firefighters faced multiple challenges including barred windows and icy conditions while battling the blaze that displaced 15 people
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’
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Chief Dennis Compton was honored by the foundation for his leadership through critical moments for the foundation and the fire service
Officials said the Stafford firefighter was drifting in and out of consciousness as a rescue team aided her
Ethan Lutz was a college student working as an EMT deployed to New York during the COVID-19 crisis; as he watched the city grapple with the PPE shortage, he came up with an idea to make providers safer in the future
Turlock firefighters rescued three dogs after a two-acre grass fire spread to a nearby home
HB158 proposes that Ohio fire departments be required to find an alternative to firefighting foam containing PFAS
Maia Dalton-Theodore will serve as the director for AFR’s Firefighter Mental Health and Wellness Program
Billy Thompson, 47, and his daughter, Alexis, 19, both graduated from the Hill College Fire Academy last week – a first for the instructor
One firefighter suffered minor injuries and 1,000 residents were evacuated due to the 1,325-acre Pacific Palisades Fire
Two other firefighters and a resident were also treated for injuries after the blaze in Beardstown
The fire department’s current peer support program consists of one full-time employee and has a budget of less than $80,000