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.
South Whatcom Fire Authority Firefighter James Jasperson ran a mile in full firefighting gear in 6:33.28 seconds to raise money for charity
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Portland Firefighters’ Association Local 43 is seeking more help from city officials in dealing with stress from traumatic calls
Alan Ziff’s goal is to prepare them technically to handle the job, and to prepare them mentally to deal with the stresses that come with being a firefighter
Gansevoort Fire Department firefighter Connor Mack fell about 18 feet from a snow-covered roof while battling a blaze
HB 2501 would require employers to pay workers’ compensation in proven cases of PTSD and allow responders to receive specialized therapy
A mayday call was issued when the captain became separated from his crew while battling an apartment blaze
Establish a low threshold for intervention and treat burns as soon as possible to prevent further injury
The firefighters were on their way to an apartment fire when a collision occurred with a pickup truck
Lawmakers say the impact would be dreadful for the more than 83,000 responders and survivors who rely on the WTC Health Program
House Bill 703 would give first responders access to peer support teams and post-critical incident seminars
The city is installing filters to treat the contamination; two public wells have been closed since 2015
COMPLETE COVERAGE
April Manyon, a former competitive bodybuilder, plans to donate a portion of the prize money to organizations aiming to help first responders
Darryl Vandermark was paired with his service dog, Patriot, and he said the canine helped dim the depression, the anxiety, the anger he had felt due to his PTSD
Maplewood first responders teamed up to create the program in response to the escalating mental health crisis
Richard VanTroost, 66, wanted to personally thank and shake hands with the first responders who saved his life when he suffered a heart attack
The firefighters stopped on Ave. C and Victoria Sotomayor allegedly got out of her car and screamed at the truck’s driver, accusing him of nearly hitting her car
Clinton Firefighter Adam Cain was left with a bruised brain, two fractures in his back, a dislocated left elbow, a broken radius and ulna in his right arm and a majority of his ribs broken
Emergency personnel responded and provided medical attention to the 46-year-old Bridgeport firefighter
Firefighter calls mayday after roof collapse separates interior crew
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
First Responder Support Network offer educational treatment programs aimed at recovery from the stress of critical incidents