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.
U.S Forest Service Firefighter Alex Manard competed in a 21-day challenge to survive in the wilderness sans clothing
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President Trump signed into law an extension of the Sept. 11 victim fund through 2092
One Easton firefighter was seriously injured breaking the fall of a resident who jumped from a second-story house to escape the flames
The ambulance was transporting a patient with major injuries at the time, along with three firefighter and two AMR paramedics.
Two Boonville Fire Department firefighters sustained injuries and a firefighter with the Cooper County Fire Protection District was also injured
Brent McCartney met with the firefighters and police officers who responded when he suffered cardiac arrest while driving and crashed his car
One firefighter fell through a hole in the floor, landing in the basement, and called a mayday
The 97-2 vote sends the bill to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it
Mynda Ohs shares advice based on her own marriage to a firefighter and her background in counseling first responders
Sen. Rand Paul’s amendment would offset the costs of compensation by cutting other programs, including Medicaid
The oxygen tank explosion left one EMT with minor injuries
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The fire chief said the lieutenant used “bad judgment” when he attempted to make the exercise more realistic with a live fire
One responder remained hospitalized Wednesday morning and the truck driver was also injured in the collision
Firefighter Matthew Bym proposed to Paramedic Makayla Swaim with some help from fellow firefighters
Officials say the man admitted to setting the fire and then attempting to fight the fire while intoxicated two months after quitting the department
Transition from working, exercising, gaming or lounging with a predictable set of steps
Emilee Derrer, whose father is a fire captain and whose mother is an EMT, received a ‘Pink Heals’ surprise celebration at her home
The move angered EMS union leaders who say EMTs and paramedics in the city continue to be deprioritized
Kent city officials have attempted to block the use of a vacant motel as a quarantine site after King County purchased it
Central Bell County Fire & Rescue Chief Jason Worsdale served at the department for 10 years and reportedly suffered from PTSD
Health officials say the first responders came into contact with the first patient in California to die from the virus