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
Burn Saver is a body-worn technology that continuously monitors thermal conditions and warns firefighters when those conditions become threatening
The fire department would use the funds to implement new response protocols to more appropriately respond to mental health emergencies
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An Escondido firefighter was injured and transported to the hospital after a roof collapse at a burning dry cleaning business
The Fire Peer Support Initiative provides an upstream approach to a holistic lifestyle aimed at reducing the negative effects the job has on first responders
The First Responders Partnership Health Center will provide same-day-appointment primary care, labs, x-rays and prescriptions
Prepared to treat your own? Lessons learned from a problematic incident
One FF sustained first and second-degree burns, another FF sustained third-degree burns, while the third FF received injuries when the roof collapsed on him
Community paramedicine communication with patients, their family members and the local crews can eliminate obstacles and improve patient care for bariatric patients
Firefighters fell on ash pits and sustained minor injuries while fighting the Deshka Landing and McKinley fires
Firefighters found the widow, Jacqueline Truss, of retired West Deptford Township police officer dead in the kitchen area
COMPLETE COVERAGE
NFFF Connect is a new initiative by the foundation to share tools and resources to help manage the impact of COVID-19
Tullytown Assistant Fire Chief Rick Johnson, 50, had previously served as fire chief and was a volunteer for more than 30 years
Industry association websites, webinars and resources offer training, procedures and advocacy for their members on the front lines
FDNY Firefighter Sal DePaola started the Instagram “quarantine_rv” to chronicle his time living in the vehicle
The three Michelin-starred restaurant, closed to the public due to COVID-19, has converted into a commissary kitchen producing 2,000 meals a day
The firefighter was freed by rescue crews Thursday morning after the truck came to a rest on its roof
Retired FDNY Battalion Chief Albert “Al” Petrocelli, 73, died early Wednesday
How to recognize signs of stress in personnel and offer support during the COVID-19 crisis
The city will spend at least $2.8 million to book the entire 155-room hotel for three months
First responders in the state are urging lawmakers to pass the bill in order to ease the path to workers’ compensation