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.
Officials say the firefighter lost control of his pickup truck due to weather conditions and collided with another pickup
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Officials believe the 10-acre fire may have been caused by malfunctioning land management equipment
Hawaii Fire Department Equipment Operator Eric Hayashi, 49, died Saturday from a suspected heart attack
Marissa Sauble, a firefighter-paramedic, is the daughter of fellow firefighter and EMT Morris Leondar, Grapevine Fire Department’s first father-daughter combination
Oak Corners Volunteer Fire Company EMS Capt. Danielle Day and Deputy Chief Zachary Rey paused their wedding preparations to respond to a two-alarm blaze
Officials say five fires were set back-to-back, prompting multiple departments to respond
A UCSF study found that only three out of 1,223 members had antibodies despite nearly half saying they probably or definitely had contact with COVID-19 patients
Officials said the firefighter was struck in the chest by a piece of firefighting equipment while battling the blaze
Monroe Township Fire Department Capt. Joseph Liedel, a nearly 30-year veteran of the department, died nearly one month after collapsing in his driveway
All 27 firefighters of the Lemay Fire Protection District, including the fire chief and deputy chiefs, are quarantined pending further test results
Authorities said the firefighters are believed to have inhaled chemicals used to produce synthetic cannabinoids
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One of the firefighters suffered second-degree burns, according to the Chula Vista Fire Department
Photographs show the firefighter’s helmet cracked after the incident
Amwell Valley Fire Company Chief Max Jason will head the department with his father, Bob Jason, as deputy chief
The three Suffolk firefighters and one resident of the two-story home were transported to the hospital with injuries
First Responders Resiliency Inc., started by a retired paramedic, and The 6 Foundation offer health, wellness and rehabilitation programs for Sonoma County first responders
Lancaster and Lebanon County fire departments responded to the fire; the extent of damage to the barn was not immediately clear
The health coverage would apply to spouses until they receive health coverage from another source or until they turn 65, and would apply to children until they turn 26
A member of the Mobile Fire-Rescue was injured at the scene of a vacant house fire; the cause is still being determined
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The new Columbus Division of Fire station includes a separate changing station to protect firefighters from carcinogens and an alarm system that reduces sleep interruptions
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