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.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski sat down with FireRescue1 to discuss the needs of fire leaders, and how to ensure resources are available for wildfire prevention and disaster relief
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Treat aggressively with high-flow oxygen, rapid sequence intubation and Cyanokit in a patient with evidence of airway burns and CO2 poisoning
The Austin Firefighters Association teamed up with Cancer Dogs, an organization that uses specially trained dogs to sniff out signs of cancer
The VCOS report issues directives for advocating for firefighter mental health education, resources and support programs
Around 100 firefighters fought the flames that started in a dry-cleaning building and spread to other stores
Adam Schuller collapsed while helping crews extinguish a fire at Precision Technologies
Firefighter Scott Compton died of a heart attack after returning home from the fire
Capt. Leslie Asbury teamed up with Battalion Chief Tim Spencer to help firefighters with stress after one of her colleagues attempted suicide
Further study may be needed, but turnout gear claims ignore common carcinogen exposure sources
Here’s the firefighting equipment and PPE you need to be safer, more effective and more efficient when combating wildland fires
Mike Washington and the critical incident stress management team helps responders talk about stressful incidents in order to keep crews mentally healthy
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Driver/Engineer Michael Watkins, 75 was a member of the Northeast Lakeside Fire Department
Former addict, kept alive by firefighter/paramedics, now part of an Ohio community’s approach to stem the opioid crisis
To help teach first responders how to mitigate that stress, the city of Keene hosted “Resilience Strategies for First Responders”
The goal of EaseAwake, a wearable wristband device similar to a FitBit, is to help sleeping firefighters wake slowly when a call to service comes in
Eleven firefighters were among the 37 people who were hospitalized, and one of the injured firefighters was among the seven in critical but stable condition
Southold Fire Department Firefighter Steve Gehreng suggested the reveal idea; other firefighters had seen photos of other departments doing similar reveals on social media
A small-town volunteer fire department makes changes to reduce exposure to carcinogens after losing one of its founders to cancer
Unions representing fire, police and paramedics have complained for years about problems at stations, including sinkholes, leaking roofs and sewage backups
NFPA, NIOSH address limiting firefighter exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in your fire station