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.
Michael Dunn made cards with the phone numbers of addiction centers and group homes; a website also gives patients more resources
FITNESS IN FOCUS
With no conclusive data on if firefighter cancer prevention measures work, it begs the question if the steps are worth the effort
Firefighters across five states coordinated a modern brigade to get a motorized scooter and a lift to Battalion Chief David “Chico” Creasy
After leaving the fire service, firefighters could receive up to five years of coverage for an illness
Beth Csukas suffered a serious brain injury after the truck she was driving slid on an icy spot and crashed into an unoccupied vehicle last January
The state currently covers seven types of cancer it assumes firefighters get from their job
The risk of dying was about 30 percent lower in weekend warriors and insufficient exercisers versus those who were inactive
Firefighter Ed Kranski, 50, said to never be satisfied and always train, educate and strive to be the best
The Hialeah Fire Department has on-call peer counselors available around the clock
The department reported worker’s compensation claims from overexertion dropped 42 percent
In a recent interview, Rob Tackett said he had an instant connection with the German shepherd puppy
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For emergency responders, trauma from an act of mass violence can create a cyclical pattern of negative thinking
A firefighters’ union launched a health and safety committee to tackle issues such as cancer and other health concerns firefighters face on the job
Providence Fire Department union president Paul Doughty said he believes Richard Rand fell from a ladder at a training facility
Changing the way we approach on-scene firefighter rehab can help protect firefighters from exposure to carcinogens while removing their PPE
Cal Fire firefighter Thomas Kofron, who helped battle the Thomas Fire, will be featured on an episode of the hit show
eHome Heroes offers confidential video chats with a counselor to first responders in an effort to shatter the PTSD stigma
FDNY Deputy Chief Brendan McSweeney said the home that caught on fire was supposed to be vacant
Four firefighters were taken to Decatur Morgan Hospital to be treated for heat exhaustion, and all were discharged
The family of William Comstock claims his prescription opioids left him “to battle the horrors of a tormented mind for the remainder of his days”
Communication skills are the key to diverting deviant behavior before it becomes the cultural norm
