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
What fire departments can do to help shield members from elevated cancer risks
Chief Kara Kalkbrenner said she has a positive outlook and will continue to lead after recovering from surgery
Federal regulators are setting up the suicide prevention hotline, which will be reachable by dialing 988
The off-duty firefighter and a nurse stepped in to perform CPR and use an AED to revive the man
Queens Firefighter Omar Wilks responded to a call of a teen struck by a car and discovered the patient was his own daughter
An appellate court will decide whether full line-of-duty death pension benefits will be awarded to the family of Firefighter Kevin Hauber
The foundation reported the deaths of two retired FDNY firefighters last week, raising the toll to 200
Two military-focused books can help fire service leaders support the families of fallen firefighters
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Just six months after losing his leg, and despite what surgeons had told him, Firefighter Gary Weiland was ready to get back on the job
A firefighter injured in the crash tried to help free the driver of the other vehicle from the wreckage, officials say
COMPLETE COVERAGE
The massive fire burned for nearly a week and a half
The three-alarm blaze engulfed the second and third floors of the house
Officials say the Nashville firefighter sustained second-degree burns
Firefighters held down two dogs that were attacking people while crews battled a blaze
Brendletown Fire Lt. Ray Thomas was hit by the open door of the reversing truck while checking on the driver who seemed to be asleep outside the fire station
Merlin Turner, 61, was reunited with his family on Thursday
The fire chief says some firefighters will return for outpatient work; others have months of recovery ahead
The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation announced the names of five more first responders whose families will receive support
The firefighter managed to escape after a mayday call at the three-alarm fire
The directory contains practice details and contact information for dozens of behavioral healthcare providers across the country