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.
You KNOW they’ve been drinking, so don’t allow the bystander effect to stop you from protecting them – and others
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The blaze erupted at an apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan Thursday morning
Warren Fire Department Lt. Don Beauchene, a father of 11 children, died one week after being diagnosed with the virus
Officials said the firefighter attempting to secure his personal firearm in his locker at the station when he accidentally shot himself in the leg
Sean Laffan, 42, an Oakland FD interim assistant chief, was immediately treated by fire command staff but died after prolonged cardiac arrest
One of the firefighters was transported in serious condition after falling 12 feet off a porch roof onto their breathing tank
Public service goes back five generations in the VanGrinsven family, which started the Heroes Rise coffee company three years ago, ranging from fire, EMS, police and military service
One of the firefighters sustained serious injuries while attempting to save a man clinging to rocks amidst rough waters
Kansas City’s new guidance comes after an outbreak at the police department and applies to all essential workers
Ten Springfield firefighters remain quarantined, down from a high of 73 last week
The working fire call was announced … as my address
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Opponents of the proposal said it would prevent healthcare agencies from keeping track of which staff members are vaccinated
Under the bill, first responders no longer need to prove their stress was unusual compared to their coworkers’ to receive compensation
Regardless of case severity, many COVID-19 patients face serious persistent symptoms for months
Shake off the strictures of COVID-19, gear up and use training to prove you’re still ‘brilliant at the basics’
On-scene rehab is vital to firefighters’ health; here’s how firefighters can set aside a week to focus on rehab
Retired Syracuse Firefighter Tim Downes, a cancer survivor, has been working to implement the comprehensive screening for about seven years
One of the Concord firefighters sustained second-degree burns
East Dover Fire Company District Chief Brian Sauers went into cardiac arrest while battling the blaze
The bill has a retroactive application date of Jan. 1, 2010
The federal agency recommended using one mask per patient due to an increased PPE supply