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.
FITNESS IN FOCUS
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
The Fairfield County Trauma Recovery Network was formed after trauma clinicians worked with firefighters who had responded to a particularly difficult call
The study will help to better understand the effects sharing one’s traumatic experiences via writing has on the mental health of first responders
The firefighter was airlifted to the hospital from a field fire scene after the truck “ran right over her legs,” according to a colleague
Susan Farren is on a mission to teach responders how to be healthy by coaching through First Responder Resiliency Inc.
The San Francisco Fire Department firefighter was standing on the roof of a ladder truck when he slipped and fell on the pavement
Capt. Brandon Thompson stayed with Channelview band director Aaron Allison after he was airlifted to the hospital
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Firefighters had responded to a commercial building fire when one firefighter suffered the non-life-threatening injury and was transported to the hospital
Seven other firefighters also sustained minor injuries while battling Oregon’s 11,000-acre wildfire
The Stoke workout consists of eight rounds of seven deadlifts, 26 lunges and 18 pushups, followed by a two-mile run with a 25-pound weight vest
The blast injured two firefighters and trapped one firefighter under large portions of debris
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