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.
An Anaheim Fire & Rescue firefighter suffered minor injuries when he was struck by a piece of falling debris while battling an electrical fire in the walls of the gym
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Warriors Heart finds alcohol abuse is the most common addiction in veterans and first responders
Keep firefighter safety and health top of mind during the disaster recovery process
Three of 11 siblings, Roman, River and Roshua carry a bond built over a lifetime to each call
The firefighters said the house blaze was the worst fire they had seen in their combined 50 years of service
Researchers have expanded a health-monitoring study of wildland firefighters after a study found season-long health declines and deteriorating reaction times
Mike Bramhall is back on the job and studying to get his paramedic license after his lung collapsed from cystic fibrosis two years ago
The court decided that the firefighters, who claimed a fire truck siren damaged their hearing, could not prove that another brand would have been safer
Firefighter safety doesn’t preclude efficiency, and it is the responsibility of every emergency responder on scene
“We have not had this in many, many, many years — this amount of fatalities and injuries in one location,” Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago said
Every Wednesday since May 30, firefighters at Bloomington Fire Department have been leading participants in a lunchtime circuit training workout
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Firefighter Dan Ravenhorst was responding to a mobile home fire when he suffered a heart attack
“Mental health is very important to their overall wellbeing. It’s OK to seek help, and recovery is possible,” one official said
Officials said the source of the explosions may have been from an electrical transformer
The multi-day fire required the use of excavators to allow fire crews to reach the center of the structure
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Deputy Fire Commissioner Dave Fornell said three of the firefighters were inside the house when its upper level caved in
Proposed state legislation would provide funding to convert the former convent into Georgia’s first treatment center for first responders
Two firefighters were aboard the plane along with eight other passengers and three crewmembers
Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 542 to create a rebuttable presumption that a worker’s mental health struggles are an occupational injury