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
Firefighters moved from the affected stations because bedbugs were hard to eradicate
The cumulative toll from many different incidents over time impact responders’ mental health
Jay Steiner and Aaron Gaunt beat hundreds of entrants from across the nation
Heroin is costing taxpayers millions of dollars annually
This exclusive PTSD screening quiz can help determine if your symptoms are consistent with those of the diagnosis
Crews said their move to temporary housing has not affected their ability to respond to calls
Fire officials said the level of carbon monoxide in the pool area was 300 parts per million
The retired football player thanked the two men who treated him after his career-ending injury
About 100 homes with private wells are at risk of contamination
Chief fire officers are just beginning to understand the magnitude of cancer in the fire service and the challenges to more effectively apply risk control techniques
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Educating friends about firefighter PTSD can prevent innocent questions that can undo years of mental health work and progress
Newburgh firefighters displaced from their asbestos-riddled firehouse will get a temporary home at the Good-Will Fire District’s new station under a new proposal
Springfield Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Caven said the five firefighters who were ambushed by a gunman at a fire scene are on leave
Robert Heussy, an 11-year veteran of the Union Road Fire Department, has lost 93 pounds in three months after deciding to join a gym in July
Kunkle Fire Company firefighter Ed Nulton was struck by a dump truck as he directed traffic at the scene of an accident on Sept. 21
Most of the victims suffered first- and second-degree burns and were taken to the burn center
Fire Lt. Jason Oliver has been unable to leave a hospital in Cancun after being transported by ambulance while on vacation with his wife
The unnamed firefighter was one of two firefighters that suffered life-threatening injuries when a tractor-trailer struck their fire truck, killing Lt. Brad Clark
Columbia Fire Department Captain Kareem Spain and Kiah Thomas were playing a pickup game with some high school students when a teen collapsed
Firefighters who worked in and around the site of a gas leak sued the Southern California Gas Co. saying the company let them be exposed to toxic chemicals