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.
IAFC identifies fire and EMS connections in the bill, calls for support of the latest coronavirus aid package
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Firefighters have been bunking in a trailer in front of the station since the problem was discovered in October
Fire Chief Fruetel described the scene as “an extreme environment of heat and wind-driven fire”
The two firefighters were transported to the hospital after battling a fire in in Brooklyn
Ava Roy, 10, accepted the award in honor of her father, Firefighter Christopher Roy, who was killed fighting a house fire in December 2018
The firefighter sustained second-degree burns while responding to the early-morning fire
Paramedic Dann Schamens was “pulseless and not breathing” before colleagues began life-saving measures, EMS officials said
A volunteer firefighter from North Carolina shares the ups and downs of a day in the life of a volunteer
Hebron Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Eric Saunders was seriously injured when his vehicle struck a tree en route to the fire station
The training is a requirement of Senate Bill 376 that states employing agencies must provide educational training related to mental health awareness, prevention, mitigation and treatment
Firefighter-Paramedic John Clark Jr. has already undergone a six-hour facial reconstruction surgery and may require additional procedures
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons has been with the department for 19 years and comes from a family of FDNY firefighters
Lehigh Valley Health Network MedEvac EMT and Fleetwood Firefighter Jeremy Emerich, 40, died six weeks after his brother also died from COVID-19
LAFD Chief Ralph Terrazas said a federal investigation will ‘ensure this type of fire never happens again’
During the operation, smoke began coming from the roof, forcing firefighters to evacuate and fight the fire from outside
A citywide review will examine how businesses store volatile materials after the blast that injured 12 firefighters
Senators Lisa Murkowski, Joe Manchin and Tom Udall asked for PPE and improved virus testing as peak fire season approaches
Firefighters safely evacuated two people and a dog from the home during the two-alarm blaze
Mayor Bill de Blasio said “the whole FDNY family” will be the first to receive the tests
Fire officers must be aware and vigilant of both issues as we provide professional and caring leadership in our departments
Los Angeles Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas said he did not notice a safety placard warning firefighters of potential hazards at the warehouse