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.
Parishville Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief and EMT Nicholas Jerome, 30, is recovering after being seriously injured in an on-duty crash Tuesday
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Officials say poor lighting and the patient’s heavy clothing and struggle with police made it difficult to accurately estimate his weight
FDNY Firefighter Daniel Foley had searched for the body of his brother, FDNY Firefighter Thomas Foley, for 11 days after the terrorist attacks
Manchester Fire Chief Dan Goonan said the crash capped off a difficult week for the department as they’d recently mourned the loss of a rookie firefighter
Firefighters were on the scene within 19 seconds and paramedics were in the car to help injured driver Ryan Newman within 35 seconds
Under current law, volunteers may only be covered if they are injured during an emergency response and not during other on-duty activities
The three-vehicle crash at an intersection in New Hampshire sent nine people to the hospital
The alternative bill would fund workers’ compensation for first responders with PTSD through a different department
Firefighters said they had never seen so many bees in one location
The Hometown Heroes Assistance Program would give firefighters diagnosed with certain conditions a one-time payment of up to $30,000
Firefighters had difficulty accessing the camp in a wooded area after several small propane tanks exploded
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Newburg Fire Department EMTs saved “one of their own” after a firefighter went into cardiac arrest, officials said
Few significant crackdowns on chemical storage came in the wake of the 2013 West explosion, which killed 12 firefighters
Three firefighters suffered heat exhaustion and dehydration and one sustained injuries to his back and ankle
Dramatic video shows the moment that a fire at a fireworks warehouse rocks the capital of Lebanon
Former Chief Jeff Payne, who retired in January, says he is “very proud” of the resiliency first responders have shown
Sgt. Steven Splan died hours after he returned from cutting a tree that was blocking a roadway
The Duxbury Fire Department is reportedly the first in the United States to use the rings to monitor firefighters’ health
4 residents were also injured and about 100 were displaced as the fire spread throughout the entire complex
Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses
Officials said a bottle of potassium cyanide was found at the scene of a suspected suicide where first responders began feeling unwell
