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.
A fundraiser has been set up for former chief, who is being treated at the hospital for first-degree burns
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Fire chiefs need to take care of themselves so they can better take care of their people
A Knoxville Fire Department firefighter was transported to the hospital for neck injuries; officials said he was “alert and conscious”
The firefighter who was injured was taken to Memorial Hermann with non-traumatic injuries
The peer support model recognizes that firefighters tend to trust fellow firefighters far more because of their shared experiences
Clinton firefighter Adam Cain “continues to slowly improve” after being badly injured in a grain-silo explosion that killed his colleague
“The Fire Asylum” follows six firefighters who spent 26 hours inside an old penitentiary as part of an intense training program
The new law requires mental health services to be available for all first responders to help them cope with psychological trauma
Johnny McCabe was treated by the fire chief and his fellow firefighters after he collapsed
Firefighter James Axiotis performed CPR and delivered an AED shock to Officer Sean Walker after he collapsed
A fire official at the scene said everyone got out of the residence safely but a firefighter suffered second-degree burns to the ears
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The off-duty firefighter and a nurse stepped in to perform CPR and use an AED to revive the man
Queens Firefighter Omar Wilks responded to a call of a teen struck by a car and discovered the patient was his own daughter
An appellate court will decide whether full line-of-duty death pension benefits will be awarded to the family of Firefighter Kevin Hauber
The foundation reported the deaths of two retired FDNY firefighters last week, raising the toll to 200
Two military-focused books can help fire service leaders support the families of fallen firefighters
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Just six months after losing his leg, and despite what surgeons had told him, Firefighter Gary Weiland was ready to get back on the job
A firefighter injured in the crash tried to help free the driver of the other vehicle from the wreckage, officials say
Volunteer Firefighter Matt VanOrden, 20, sustained serious injuries after falling into an abandoned well
Officials said the three people killed inside the abandoned building are now being considered homicide victims
Unprecedented wildfires have taxed California firefighters and the state’s budget as overtime increased by over half in the last decade