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.
Providing alcohol in the firehouse can serve as a mechanism to encourage socialization, but this also creates liability issues
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The video was made to spread awareness about a fundraiser for fallen Union Grove Yorkville Firefighter Brian Serdynski’s family
The tree has 330 blue ornaments and 176 red ornaments in honor of LEOs, firefighters who died in the line of duty and by suicide across the nation this year
Can police, fire and EMS overcome the challenges we faced in the 2010s to prosper in the 2020s?
Two firefighters were taken to the hospital after the fire department vehicle collided with a drilling company’s work truck
The partnership, which includes the city fire department, will use $1.3 million in grants to address substance abuse and addiction
The firefighters rescued a couple whose car fell in a bay and overturned
The firefighter is recovering from injuries after falling while trying to access the second floor of a burning house
Morton-Rutledge Volunteer Fire Capt. Michael Christopher Malinowski told fellow firefighters he wasn’t feeling well and later died at the hospital
The dedicated wing would include space to treat up to 50 first responders and include specialized care
The firefighter is said to be in serious but stable condition and is being treated for smoke inhalation
COMPLETE COVERAGE
One firefighter was overcome by smoke while ascending an interior stairwell; the other was rescued via a fifth-floor window
The grandson of Levy Fire District Chief Doug Graham, 77, allegedly pointed a gun during the dispute at the fire station
Focus on your members, budget, planning for the future, and strong leadership
The city is poised to direct the funds toward the Portland Street Response program that would dispatch paramedics and behavioral health experts on some calls
Wellesley Firefighter Brian Hester spent 40 days on a ventilator and 30 in a medically-induced coma
One of the firefighters hospitalized is Capt. Dave Baker, who appears in an iconic Disney image with Mickey Mouse
Mansfield Firefighter-Paramedic Michael McLaughlin, 39, died Saturday after a long battle with the disease
Brady Byrd, son of Toledo Fire Chief Brian Byrd, organized the candlelight demonstration to inspire change after the killing of George Floyd
Akron Fire Lt. Russell Brode, former president of IAFF Local 330, is remembered as an advocate for firefighter safety
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller proposed a plan to send social workers and other specialists to mental health and homelessness-related calls
