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.
The measure adds PTSD to the list of conditions presumed to have been caused by their jobs as firefighters
FITNESS IN FOCUS
David Noble is in critical but stable condition after he was pinned by a car at the scene of a crash
The first crews that entered checked the heavy hardwood floor and it appeared to be structurally sound, but wasn’t, according to officials
The Integrative Healers Action Network provided services to help support acute and chronic pain, stress management, restful sleep and lung injury from excessive smoke
Five firefighters beat the Slovakian national team at the championship, which tests fitness, speed and teamwork
The fire captain was transported to the hospital after being hit by falling debris; two other firefighters were treated on scene
LION president Stephen Schwartz said the elevated cancer risk “derives from the hazardous substances produced by the fire, not the turnout gear that protects firefighters”
Wally, a 10-month-old goldendoodle, was donated by Caring Angels Therapy Dogs to help firefighters deal with witnessing trauma on the job
Medical Director Jeremy Cushman encourages BLS providers to develop medical preplans for technical rescue scenarios they may encounter
The President’s declaration of a “National Public Health Emergency” falls well short of tackling the scourge of opioid overdose deaths
A new fire/EMS-specific treatment facility caters to specific job-related trauma while making first responders feel at home
COMPLETE COVERAGE
A new bill would shift the burden of proof away from first responders and place it on the agencies to disprove mental trauma on the job
Fire department policies go beyond liability to increase firefighter safety and reduce the risk for preventable injuries and line of duty deaths
Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue Department integrates new apparatus in comprehensive firefighter safety, health and wellness initiative
Robert Duncan, U.S. attorney for eastern Kentucky, called the doctors involved “white-coated drug dealers”
While he was running the Boston marathon, Fire Lt. Russell Osgood was thinking of firefighters who are currently battling cancer or died from occupational cancer
A 2018 fire destroyed more than 50 golf carts and sent four firefighters to the hospital with heat exhaustion
A Commerce City firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation after a blaze broke out at South Adams County Fire Station No. 8
A new program would give fire and EMS personnel the ability to transport patients experiencing mental health distress to a specialized facility
In an attempt to reduce the amount of diesel exhaust trapped in the station, a source-capture exhaust system is being installed to be used in the station’s five most-used bays