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.
Two firefighter-paramedics, the patient they were transporting and driver of the Jeep were taken to the hospital
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Javier Corrales, who was one of two firefighters struck by a vehicle at a crash scene, says he cannot remember the near-death experience
T.G. Kolb and his wife, Andrea, filed a notice of a claim for personal injuries, medical expenses, loss of earnings and services, and other damages
The Miami Fire-Rescue firefighters were helping extricate a driver when an SUV sideswiped a rescue truck, hitting the two firefighters
Both buses were traveling toward Manhattan when one of them, carrying 37 people, rear-ended the other, which had 25 people
Communication at home, recognizing PTSD throughout the ranks and preparing in advance can help firefighters handle the consequences of the trauma they experience
Officials have reported explosive devices have been found on and near the scene
Anchorage Fire Department firefighter Ben Schultz, who fell nearly 100 feet from a ladder, is set to be discharged from a Nebraska facility
A recent survey found that firefighters get most of their calories from turkey, chicken, alcohol, salty snacks and white flour
Michael Dunn made cards with the phone numbers of addiction centers and group homes; a website also gives patients more resources
Explore what is driving the growing incidence of firefighter suicides and what can be done to combat PTSD in first responders
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Jeffery Henson, 57, lives with a genetic neurodegenerative disease and called the fire department more than 90 times in one month
Two firefighters were rescued by civilians but a third suffered critical injuries from being stuck under the apparatus
Firefighters entered the home “with virtually no firefighting equipment available at the time” to save a resident trapped inside the home
Two firefighters were transported to the hospital after sustaining injuries battling a five-alarm apartment fire in Pittsburgh
An Anne Arundel County medic unit was transporting a patient with serious injuries sustained in an earlier vehicle crash
Sixty Worcester firefighters worked to control the fast-moving blaze; some were treated for heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation
Texas first responders are signing and passing a pair of Texas flags around the state to show support for their fellow first responders after the El Paso Shooting
Volunteer Firefighter Logan Jones suffered several broken bones after the fire truck he was riding in rolled over several times while responding to a call
Brian McDaniel retired after being diagnosed with prostate cancer and was previously denied workers compensation twice
Many officers “had to escape through windows and doors to get (away) from a barrage of bullets”