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.
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Michelle Phay says her husband Firefighter David Phay had asked her to bring awareness to the issue before his death from a rare disease in 2018
Under the proposed act, federal grant funding for mental wellness support would no longer carry a funding match requirement
Through the implementation and education of a number of new programs, the partnership hopes to reach their goal by 2025
Dill and Quinalty discuss the firefighter suicide crisis and what the data shows about firefighter behavioral health
Indianola Volunteer Firefighter Donald Lepper suddenly collapsed Sunday morning after fighting the blaze Saturday afternoon
A GoFundMe has been created for the El Paso firefighter, who was struck while responding to a crash scene
The driver of the car was arrested and faces a DWI charge after crashing into the firehouse lounge area
Video shows officers in New York keep their cool during a tense traffic stop involving an aggravated city councilman
The woman was crossing the street when she was struck by a fire truck that was not responding to an emergency
The city’s fire union said the facility has had a mold problem for years, causing serious health side effects for trainees
COMPLETE COVERAGE
“Community paramedics hold a unique skill set to address the overlapping mental, medical and social conditions that homeless individuals may be presenting”
Officials said vehicle data from the crash that killed Lubbock Fire Rescue Lt. Eric Hill and Lubbock Police Officer Nicholas Reyna is being processed at a laboratory that was temporarily closed
Some living in the area where the Valor Station is planned to be built have strongly opposed having the substance abuse and PTSD recovery center in the community
It’s not always the big incidents that cause safety problems for fire service personnel
Officials said the other driver struck the engine on its rear driver’s side, causing it to spin a full 180 degrees and roll onto its side
Old Orchard Beach Fire Chief Fred LaMontagne said hot and humid weather affected firefighting efforts
Officials said several propane tanks fell into the warehouse when the roof partially collapsed
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