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.
First responder agencies are working to improve mental health resources and training after the death of Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Mickel Zainfeld
FITNESS IN FOCUS
An Anne Arundel County medic unit was transporting a patient with serious injuries sustained in an earlier vehicle crash
Sixty Worcester firefighters worked to control the fast-moving blaze; some were treated for heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation
Texas first responders are signing and passing a pair of Texas flags around the state to show support for their fellow first responders after the El Paso Shooting
Volunteer Firefighter Logan Jones suffered several broken bones after the fire truck he was riding in rolled over several times while responding to a call
Brian McDaniel retired after being diagnosed with prostate cancer and was previously denied workers compensation twice
Many officers “had to escape through windows and doors to get (away) from a barrage of bullets”
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
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The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations
Despite the newness and unknown of the virus, IAFC leaders underscored it’s not that difficult to predict some of the near-term effects
FDNY Paramedic Christell Cadet, who has publicly shared her experience with the disease, has been hospitalized since falling ill last week
As you serve as a first responder, you will confront a wide range of emotional responses to this pandemic, so take time to process your thoughts
The proposal comes after firefighters who transported the first patient in the state to die from the disease were not notified of the exposure
FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said two of the members who tested positive are hospitalized and the rest are recovering at home
#StayHomeforUs, #AlwaysOpen and #HelpUsHelpYou are some of the hashtags being used to promote social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
The bill will help fund equipment, supplies and training to help reduce exposure to cancer-causing contaminants
How fire/EMS can protect personnel physically and financially during the COVID-19 pandemic