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.
National Interagency Fire Center officials have noticed an increased in wildland firefighter suicides in recent years
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Support colleagues to neutralize the negative effects stress can have on firefighter mental and physical health
Atlantic City firefighter Frank Walsh said he is “feeling very lucky” after receiving first- and second-degree burns while battling a blaze
Zac Santiago was attacked after confronting the teens about using drugs on an abandoned property
Officials said two firefighters fell through the floor of the home while trying to rescue a resident they found inside
Consider incorporating this diagnostic tool into firefighter physicals to support early diagnosis and intervention that can save lives
Opelika Fire Chief Byron Prather said Captain David Davis, who was severely burned in a training accident, is recovering quicker than expected
The firefighters were transported to the hospital in stable condition; the paramedics were treated on scene for their injuries
A method of helping the combat veteran community is helping first responders cope with traumatic events by creating a narrative
Trout Run Fire Chief Bob Whitford said the firefighter, who asked not to be named, “ended up getting run over by the vehicle that she was in”
Around 1,800 responders from 27 states and three countries will compete in the Heroes Cup Hockey Tournament in April
COMPLETE COVERAGE
President Trump signed into law an extension of the Sept. 11 victim fund through 2092
One Easton firefighter was seriously injured breaking the fall of a resident who jumped from a second-story house to escape the flames
The ambulance was transporting a patient with major injuries at the time, along with three firefighter and two AMR paramedics.
Two Boonville Fire Department firefighters sustained injuries and a firefighter with the Cooper County Fire Protection District was also injured
Brent McCartney met with the firefighters and police officers who responded when he suffered cardiac arrest while driving and crashed his car
One firefighter fell through a hole in the floor, landing in the basement, and called a mayday
The 97-2 vote sends the bill to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it
Mynda Ohs shares advice based on her own marriage to a firefighter and her background in counseling first responders
Sen. Rand Paul’s amendment would offset the costs of compensation by cutting other programs, including Medicaid
The oxygen tank explosion left one EMT with minor injuries