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.
Jerome Anthony Burke, 52, put up a fight after mistaking one of the EMS personnel for the manager of the store who kicked him out earlier that day
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By broadening addict and layperson access to naloxone, the paper claims naloxone access laws don’t reduce opioid-related mortality
Potential NFPA revisions propose more frequent cleaning of any firefighter gear worn at an active fire
Are you exposing yourself, your crew and even your family to carcinogens by the way you remove your firefighter gear?
Officials plan to award an additional $2.7 million after receiving hundreds of applications for equipment and improvements to prevent cancer
The House unanimously voted to approve SB 376, which qualifies first responders who cannot work due to PTSD for workers’ comp
The comedian joined advocates opposing a proposal they said could threaten health care treatment for 9/11 first responders
Paul Durgin was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a vehicle accident with personal injury, reckless operation and assault with a dangerous weapon
A brawl that included as many as 50 people hitting and pushing each other broke out between a wedding party and firefighters attending a department dinner
Officials said 15 percent of the female firefighters between 40 and 50 years old have been diagnosed with breast cancer
South Metro Fire Rescue firefighters will now treat every fire as a hazmat incident by going through extra steps to decontaminate
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The federal government will have to spend more than an estimated $10 billion by 2029 in its efforts to compensate first responders and survivors
Firefighter Erique McCalla, 46, was found with serious injuries after being hit by a vehicle
Off-duty Scranton firefighter faces two counts of DUI, four counts of recklessly endangering another person and various traffic citations
Peter Phan’s body was recovered about 50 yards offshore from where witnesses last saw him
A licensed professional counselor explains the process of counseling and how it can help firefighters
The firefighter was helping with traffic detail when a semi crashed into the apparatus being used to block one lane
A new law will divert a percentage of state lottery revenues and place it in a Public Safety Survivor Benefits Fund that will allow families to keep their insurance
One measure permits volunteer first responders to qualify for disability pensions when they retire
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The explosion hurled large pieces of concrete up to 50 yards away and sent pieces of metal scattering as far as 100 yards across the street
First responders are investigating the explosion and report multiple injuries