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.
Boys Town Fire & Rescue Chief John Sing, 67, collapsed at the fire station after returning from an emergency medical call early Monday morning
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James Perry pleaded guilty to driving under the influence while responding to a suspected drowning
Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader, a TIME-recognized pioneer in fighting the opioid epidemic, talks results, first responder mental health
Assistant Mayor Cliff Lazenby is looking for support as he lobbies NIOSH to conduct a study on firefighters who have been exposed to PFAS chemicals
Three Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighters were extricated from a condo apartment building after the second floor collapsed while they were inside
Ask your counselor these questions to understand confidentiality and their understanding of first responder culture
Firefighters, paramedics and EMTs, though accustomed to death, need to process grief when losing someone close to them
Orange County’s first medal-day ceremony was a chance for the fire department to acknowledge the bravery of first responders in front of the community
Cool Springs Volunteer Fire Department Asst. Chief Ray Elmore, who lost his leg in a motorcycle crash, will return home to a new ramp thanks to his colleagues
We need to do more to improve the care and compassion we show to our fire and EMS brethren
The Washington firefighter was in Malibu to respond to the Woolsey fire when he was struck by a civilian vehicle
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FIRST and FDSOA are looking for career and volunteer fire departments to participate in a FEMA-funded safety culture assessment
Hebron Fire Lt. Eric Saunders, 23, is in serious condition after his vehicle struck a tree while en route to the fire station
Firefighter Chris Shell says he hopes the video, which has been viewed more than 2 million times, will encourage others to learn CPR
What first responders need to know about asking for help, getting into treatment, and returning to work
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue aims to have a therapy dog at every fire station, and plans to adopt greyhounds left homeless after Florida’s racing ban
Public safety professionals of all ranks and positions can learn to convey messages of hope and resiliency
More than 30 firefighters responded to the blaze at the four-story apartment building, and one firefighter was injured due to a fall
Police officers, firefighters, paramedics and dispatchers from across Ohio gathered to discuss the trauma and stress first responders face
Harrisburg Fire Chief Brian Enterline said the department was dispatched to the report of a building fire with entrapment
The Michigan firefighter sustained minor injuries when the scared beagle “nipped” him on the neck