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.
Frank Siller, brother of Firefighter Stephen Siller, who died on 9/11, walked through Battery Tunnel with MTA and Port Authority personnel
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine offers research-driven strategies for better sleep after working extended shifts
The app is designed to provide first responders with expert information and allow them to screen their symptoms
Valley Stream Firefighter-EMT Mike Field, 59, died from COVID-19 complications after confirmed contact with an infected patient
The guidelines cover actions both employees and employers in essential industries, such as public safety, should take
Fire Chief Harold Scoggins details the quick launch of the country’s first responder-focused testing facility
In this episode, host Marc Bashoor speaks with IAFC President Gary Ludwig about the association’s campaign “If you don’t feel well, don’t make it your farewell”
Former Canton Firefighter-Paramedic Rosario Carcione donated 30 48-ounce bottles of sanitizer to the department where he used to work
About 200 tests will be administered for free each day in the parking lot of the stadium
NAEMSP, King County leaders advise on scouting potential novel coronavirus calls, PPE use and when to transport COVID-19 patients
Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi said many first responders feel they have nowhere to go after being diagnosed
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Using data to track factors influencing firefighter mental health to identify, intervene and prevent PTSD
Creating a safe scene begins with understanding how your patient’s mental and physical health connect, and in avoiding these 5 don’ts
The firefighters were on break between battling the Glass Fire and officials say exposure couldn’t have happened at base camp or on the fireground
Firefighters tried to save a woman found in cardiac arrest on the second floor of the home
Ten Attleboro firefighters and two dispatchers from the department are now quarantined and being monitored by health officials
The Utica firefighter fell from the second floor to the basement
The fire started in a 3rd-floor apartment, but quickly spread, forcing the evacuation of the building
First responders and healthcare workers would be in the first 5% of the U.S. population to receive Phase 1a of the vaccine, under the new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommendations
The reports seek to improve virus management by sharing lessons from wildland incidents between March and August 2020
Mr. President, may this time be a period of rest, reflection and renewal as you lead the nation during the COVID-19 national emergency