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.
Firefighters who have been battling Australia’s wildfires sat courtside at the event that was part of Tennis Australia’s Rally for Relief
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Southold Fire Department Firefighter Steve Gehreng suggested the reveal idea; other firefighters had seen photos of other departments doing similar reveals on social media
A small-town volunteer fire department makes changes to reduce exposure to carcinogens after losing one of its founders to cancer
Unions representing fire, police and paramedics have complained for years about problems at stations, including sinkholes, leaking roofs and sewage backups
A new bill would shift the burden of proof away from first responders and place it on the agencies to disprove mental trauma on the job
Fire department policies go beyond liability to increase firefighter safety and reduce the risk for preventable injuries and line of duty deaths
Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue Department integrates new apparatus in comprehensive firefighter safety, health and wellness initiative
Robert Duncan, U.S. attorney for eastern Kentucky, called the doctors involved “white-coated drug dealers”
While he was running the Boston marathon, Fire Lt. Russell Osgood was thinking of firefighters who are currently battling cancer or died from occupational cancer
A 2018 fire destroyed more than 50 golf carts and sent four firefighters to the hospital with heat exhaustion
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Research examines the impact of the job on pregnant firefighters
The Virginia firefighter’s son restored the 1950s antique fire truck his father used to operate
One civilian was rescued from the building’s fifth floor, and firefighters fought to control the fire for more than 24 hours
Ohio Firefighter-Paramedic Mike Weissmann is currently awaiting a match to a living donor
The volunteer firefighters were battling wildfires in New South Wales when the crash occurred
First responders and veterans suffering from PTSD share how service dogs have changed their lives
Fort Worth Firefighter-Paramedic Shonna Moorman says she’s facing a “very long recovery” and plans to campaign for highway safety for first responders
The explosion that killed Farmington Fire Rescue Capt. Michael Bell in September has revived support for legislation to prevent propane-related disasters
A Chicago Fire Department paramedic was injured after a car crashed into an ambulance and then fled
Deputy Chief Bucky Buchanan said he appreciated witnessing the “chain of survival ... come to life”