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 Hometown Heroes Assistance Program would give firefighters diagnosed with certain conditions a one-time payment of up to $30,000
FITNESS IN FOCUS
First responders are investigating the explosion and report multiple injuries
April Manyon, a former competitive bodybuilder, plans to donate a portion of the prize money to organizations aiming to help first responders
Darryl Vandermark was paired with his service dog, Patriot, and he said the canine helped dim the depression, the anxiety, the anger he had felt due to his PTSD
Maplewood first responders teamed up to create the program in response to the escalating mental health crisis
Richard VanTroost, 66, wanted to personally thank and shake hands with the first responders who saved his life when he suffered a heart attack
The firefighters stopped on Ave. C and Victoria Sotomayor allegedly got out of her car and screamed at the truck’s driver, accusing him of nearly hitting her car
Clinton Firefighter Adam Cain was left with a bruised brain, two fractures in his back, a dislocated left elbow, a broken radius and ulna in his right arm and a majority of his ribs broken
Emergency personnel responded and provided medical attention to the 46-year-old Bridgeport firefighter
Firefighter calls mayday after roof collapse separates interior crew
Jerome Anthony Burke, 52, put up a fight after mistaking one of the EMS personnel for the manager of the store who kicked him out earlier that day
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Four teenagers were arrested and charged with arson in connection to the blaze
One of the firefighters suffered smoke inhalation and the other had his legs pinned when the engine began to move toward a district chief’s vehicle
The Wisconsin EMTs received rabies vaccines in 2018 after treating a woman who was foaming at the mouth and later died
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash earlier this month that sent four first responders to the hospital
The proposal for the treatment center is under consideration at Tuesday’s city commission meeting after previous proposals were denied twice
Using meditation to manage the memories of difficult calls and find happiness at home
A simple checklist can help you stay on track at the station
Video shows senior firefighter without gear teaching new firefighter how to extinguish a car fire
The suit alleged brownout policies in a Delaware city contributed to the deaths of the three firefighters and significant injuries to three others
First responders performed a welfare check after the woman told a healthcare worker she was unable to buy food after having surgery