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.
Town officials and the fire chief praised the firefighter and paramedic’s empathy in handling the situation
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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
Firefighter Mike Arnold is the first patient to receive a heart pump from Nebraska Heart Hospital that may cause his heart to heal itself
Conduct a personal 360 size-up to evaluate how your behavior contributes to the success of the mission
The NFFF partnered with Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, a suicidologist, in an effort to create effective suicide prevention and awareness programs
Panama City Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Gary Swearingen is launching a mental health initiative after learning how many firefighters die by suicide
The unidentified Chelsea firefighters were transported to the hospital after helping battle a blaze that scorched multiple apartment buildings
Legislators added several rules to a newly-approved tax break, including one that says the responder must have been employed in the state at the time of injury
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Of the 21 injured, 16 people were taken to the hospital and one person was transported with serious injuries
A Rapids Volunteer Fire Company firefighter was transported to the hospital after being hit by a car while directing traffic
Eric Whitehead sued the fire department for “negligence, carelessness and recklessness” and violating its procedures and practices when fighting the fire
Nine people, including children, were transported to the hospital with back and head injuries, as well as cuts and bruises
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