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.
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Granite Shoals Firefighter-EMT Dustin Short sustained lung injuries after going into a burning building to save a trapped victim
“Heroes Health” is available for free download for first responders and healthcare personnel to assess their mental health symptoms and access support resources
Officials said water drops by helicopter were helping significantly as the firefighting effort entered its third day
Firefighters were battling a blaze at a suspected illegal marijuana grow house when the patio roof collapsed
How we mourn loss is individual, but passage of time helps everyone
West Virginia’s opioid crisis sparks launch of initiatives to support mental and physical health among fire and police personnel
A former firefighter who lived nearby made attempts to rescue the couple
Mansfield Fire Department Capt. Ted Morrissette, a nearly 40-year fire service veteran, has battled an autoimmune disease for the last 18 years
17 firefighters were transported for evaluation after battling the blaze at Naval Base San Diego
One of the firefighters needed to be transported and others were treated at the scene
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Aliza and Carson Devoe were granted the funding in light of the death of their father, Lt. Dennis Devoe, who died on the way to a March 2017 house fire caused by a hoverboard
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While working the fire, three Rochester firefighters were injured when one side of the home collapsed on them
Juan Gonzalez, 54, beat COVID-19 but it was two months before he finally tested negative and one of his lungs was affected
The airman with the 167th Airlift Wing Fire Department was fatally injured Sunday while responding to a request for mutual aid
House Bill 308 also prohibits employers from penalizing first responders who file a claim with the fund
Maj. Andy Davis was the son of ret. Capt. Johnny Davis, brother of Deputy Chief Tony Davis and Maj. Scott Davis, and uncle of Cpl. A.J. Davis
An Oklahoma City firefighter whose uncle, a 20-year veteran of the department, died from COVID-19 was the first to receive a vaccine against the virus
FD: Two workers who were trapped on dangling scaffolding were rescued through a window
Edward F. Hine and Chief Emeritus Lee Witman of the Colonial Park Fire Co. both played critical roles in the department’s fire prevention and education programming
Several firefighters had to escape through a window moments before the building’s walls caved in
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- Bill would give retired first responders over 50 access to Medicare
- Non-profit offers scholarships to assist families of fallen or disabled first responders
- Fire official disputes Ind. city’s claims of cost savings in controversial firefighter shift changes
- Ohio lawmakers introduce alternate PTSD treatment bill for first responders
- Federal officials agree to return funds taken from FDNY’s 9/11 health program