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.
The task force will share ways fire departments can protect their members while continuing to serve their communities
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Investigators determined that the East Evans Fire started in a shack where Michael Cashmareck was running an illegal butane hash oil lab
Norman Edward Klenow, 78, suffered from cardiac arrest after providing traffic control at the scene of a crash
Lieutenant Sullivan was a veteran fire officer and a member of FDNY’s Special Operations Command who served the department for nearly three decades
Jay Frisbee, 37, was sentenced to a driver alcohol education program and his license will be suspended for 45 days
Four firefighters suffered minor injuries; standpipe problem required firefighters to stretch a line up some of the building’s stairs
Phoenix Fire Department members gathered to see Emery Beck off to her first day of kindergarten
Town officials and the fire chief praised the firefighter and paramedic’s empathy in handling the situation
Two firefighter-paramedics, the patient they were transporting and driver of the Jeep were taken to the hospital
Kevin Leago is due about $60,000 in back pay for workdays he missed because of his illness and can seek treatment at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
COMPLETE COVERAGE
The CDC has posted NIOSH guidelines for extended use and limited reuse of N95 masks
Summit County is asking dentists, construction companies, small businesses and anyone else who has PPE to donate to firefighters and EMS
Officials say the firefighter sustained second-degree burns to his hands at the blaze that spread between three houses
Santa Clara County has decided to expedite COVID-19 testing for emergency personnel in the hopes of avoiding staffing shortages
The fire service is the best agency to tackle the pandemic; we just need to follow some simple guidelines
First responder agencies are working to improve mental health resources and training after the death of Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Mickel Zainfeld
Communication, PPE and decontamination strategies highlighted the 4th FirstWatch and Paramedic Chiefs of Canada COVID-19 webinar
The organization has formed a task force to focus on moving forward and continuing engagement with Congress
A review of the most important information for fire and EMS leaders as they develop plans to treat patients and protect personnel