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.
Fire department policies go beyond liability to increase firefighter safety and reduce the risk for preventable injuries and line of duty deaths
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Burlington Fire Chief Levon Yengoyan equates the move toward mental health awareness to that of an increase in physical health awareness in the industry
Shifting cultural expectations in the fire service and firefighter personal stories are contributing to adoption of best practices in cancer prevention and intervention
A group of firefighters who caused a bar owner to complain in July were suspended after an internal investigation
Surviving families of first responders who recently died by suicide sought support for a bill that would require insurance to cover PTSD treatment
More than 200 sites in the state have been found to have the chemicals above the state standard of 70 parts per trillion
Sam Rouen lost 145 pounds on the show and went on to become a firefighter as well as a motivational speaker
Offiicials said the man had around 12-14 self-inflicted stab wounds and became aggressive when firefighters tried to help him
Joseph Blanton, 18, was on his way to EMT training when his truck ran off the highway and crashed into trees
The Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighter fell six to eight feet after the ladder slid out from underneath him
Euclid Fire Department Lt. Bill Mastroianni said the department’s peer-to-peer support teams are the first step in the right direction
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Brian Beck Jr., a third-generation firefighter, will be memorialized as a line-of-duty death
The husband and father of three was killed Thursday in the crossfire of a gunfight between police and an armed man
A new documentary, “Keeping the Peace,” tells the story of law enforcement officers, firefighters and other first-responders and the harrowing scenes they witness
Mold and a surprise backup of raw sewage in the Cohasset Fire Station has the town’s firefighters concerned
An Atlanta firefighter was seriously hurt when a driver hydroplaned and hit him as he responded to a crash on an interstate
Clinton firefighter Adam Cain was hospitalized for 20 days after the explosion at the beginning of the year before being allowed to go home
During a traffic stop, a deputy sheriff located narcotics and shortly thereafter began to pass out; Fire rescue personnel arrived on scene and two firefighters also began feeling ill
Chaplains provide care to firefighters, family members and members of the public in a range of crucial ways
Addressing behavioral health needs must be a priority