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.
Mynda Ohs shares advice based on her own marriage to a firefighter and her background in counseling first responders
FITNESS IN FOCUS
“My whole life has been to serve and protect and in one day it was all taken away from me,” Eric Hardy said while recalling the fire aboard the USS Miami
Brockton Fire Department firefighter Matt Parziale bagged two birdies and remained even with par through five holes in the first round at Augusta National
North Richland Hills Fire Department firefighter Caleb Scott was on duty at his firehouse when the incident occurred
Training, PPE and scene assessment will minimize the risks of opioid exposure to fire and EMS responders
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
COMPLETE COVERAGE
FDNY spokesman Myles Miller provided no details about the captain’s death but shared suicide prevention tips to its members
One firefighter fell down a flight of stairs and was taken away on a stretcher
Rudy and Channel are in El Paso to deliver “unconditional love and support” to first responders and victims affected by the mass shooting
The Delaware State Fire School released an 87-page report after a firefighter incurred serious injuries while battling a Mill Creek house fire
Videos of the scene shared on social media show smoke pouring from the roof and windows as firefighters sprayed down the building from tower ladders
This timely and important event is a significant cross-disciplinary training opportunity for all public safety personnel
The city of Baytown issued a shelter in place that lasted for about three hours for residents living west of the plant
Three firefighters, the homeowner and a neighbor were injured in the explosion that officials believe was caused by a gas leak
The crash caused significant damage to an ambulance, fire truck and state police SUVs
Diego De Abreu Peclat Dos Santos, who is trained in mixed martial arts, stopped a suspect from stealing an ambulance and assaulting a hospital nurse