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.
Stanford University researchers estimated that wildfire smoke may have led to the deaths of between 1,200 and 3,000 people, mostly adults over 65, between Aug. 1 and Sept. 10
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The firefighter was freed by rescue crews Thursday morning after the truck came to a rest on its roof
Retired FDNY Battalion Chief Albert “Al” Petrocelli, 73, died early Wednesday
How to recognize signs of stress in personnel and offer support during the COVID-19 crisis
The city will spend at least $2.8 million to book the entire 155-room hotel for three months
First responders in the state are urging lawmakers to pass the bill in order to ease the path to workers’ compensation
EMS providers will be required to comply with the binding order, as hospital and ambulance resources are overstretched due to COVID-19
Join me in the abyss where I remember trying to save an 11-year-old boy – with his killer standing near
Social distancing tips for company officers leading their crews through the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic
A Change.org petition launched by a Kentucky EMT has received nearly 25,000 signatures over the last two weeks
Fairfax County (Virginia) Fire and Rescue releases video detailing steps for proper PPE use
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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
Ogdensburg Professional Firefighters Local 1799 President Jason Bouchard said Mayor Jeffrey Skelly’s comments were an attempt to smear the fire department
In addition to one-time payments upon diagnosis, firefighters will also receive $12,000 per year for medical expenses
