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.
After awakening to his house on fire, a father ran through flames to rescue his three young daughters, and his teenage son jumped from a second story window to escape the blaze
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Strategies for mitigating sleep disorders in the fire house, from caffeine to sleep quarters
Firefighters compete in full gear to finish an intense obstacle course laden with weights, stairs, fire hoses and mannequins with the best time
The bill would include psychological injury as a condition that must be covered by Idaho’s Workers’ Compensation law for first responders
Carter Lewis, who lost his leg in the crash, is recovering at home, and a firefighter identified as David is in stable, but serious condition
Educating friends about firefighter PTSD can prevent innocent questions that can undo years of mental health work and progress
Newburgh firefighters displaced from their asbestos-riddled firehouse will get a temporary home at the Good-Will Fire District’s new station under a new proposal
Springfield Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Caven said the five firefighters who were ambushed by a gunman at a fire scene are on leave
Robert Heussy, an 11-year veteran of the Union Road Fire Department, has lost 93 pounds in three months after deciding to join a gym in July
Kunkle Fire Company firefighter Ed Nulton was struck by a dump truck as he directed traffic at the scene of an accident on Sept. 21
Most of the victims suffered first- and second-degree burns and were taken to the burn center
COMPLETE COVERAGE
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
The USFRA-supported website invites fire, EMS, police and military personnel to preserve their legacy with digital content such as photos and audio clips
Eight FDNY firefighters were injured, two seriously, in a fire Thursday morning
New technology tracks toxins and carcinogens to determine fireground exposure areas
Firefighter Mike Riding will undergo life-saving open heart surgery after doctors discovered a potentially-deadly artery clog while treating him for an infection
The injury occurred when the firefighter fell through a hole in the floor at the home
Firefighter Chris Pace remains in intensive care after being rescued during a four-alarm fire by Fire Lt. Jason Menard, who later died in the blaze
