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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FDNY Paramedic Christell Cadet, who has publicly shared her experience with the disease, has been hospitalized since falling ill last week
The proposal comes after firefighters who transported the first patient in the state to die from the disease were not notified of the exposure
FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said two of the members who tested positive are hospitalized and the rest are recovering at home
#StayHomeforUs, #AlwaysOpen and #HelpUsHelpYou are some of the hashtags being used to promote social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
The bill will help fund equipment, supplies and training to help reduce exposure to cancer-causing contaminants
How fire/EMS can protect personnel physically and financially during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sorting through the maze of public health information overload and overlap
The testing site at the city fire station is open to anyone and can provide same-day or next-day results
The three firefighters were not informed by the county health department or hospital that a patient they transported had died from the virus
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School officials determined that the two students, both sons of first responders, were not politically motivated
The high school football players said they wanted to honor firefighters and police on the anniversary of 9/11 but had not received permission
Officials said the firefighter was forced to breach a wall to escape as “the room lit up on him” during a blaze on Friday
FDNY Firefighter Piotr Orlowski carried his neighbor from a burning building and evacuated his parents during the five-alarm blaze
Firefighters report losing track of time due to sleep-deprivation, worrying about their own families evacuating
Fire Chief Ralph M. Terrazas said an inspection likely would have led to the seizure of some of the chemicals that fueled the blast
Weishel has created numerous sculptures to honor fire, police and military services
The bill signed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the 19th anniversary of the attacks also expands the scope of the 9/11 Worker Protection Task Force’s work
More than 200 firefighters responded to the blaze that engulfed one three-story home and spread to another
The foundation provided $8.2 million in grants and nearly 13,000 hotel rooms for first responders
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