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
Understand the importance of balancing clean eating with stress to achieve your wellness, fitness and health goals
Elevated levels of chemicals used in firefighting foams, nonstick cookware, carpeting and furniture; environmental regulators are trying to determine the cause
Here’s a hard look at the barriers prohibiting meaningful PPE innovation
Both of the former lieutenant’s daughters went through training under the supervision of their father
Meditation may be one of the most surprising and useful treatments for PTSD, here’s why.
Here are eight steps to making “one for all and all for one” improvements to firefighter health and safety
The 34-year-old had an apparent medical emergency; despite medics’ efforts, he died at the emergency department
We need to intensify the conversation about this very serious issue.
Officials said the firefighter may have suffered from heat exhaustion
The department’s certified peer counselors will provide counseling for firefighters who responded to the shooting
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Reports said twelve firefighters were injured during the shooting, including two who were giving CPR and one who was shielding his wife
The driver of the engine was uninjured, but an unidentified seasonal firefighter was transported to the hospital after the crash
No details were released about the unidentified firefighter’s injury, except that it was minor
Terre Haute Fire Department has partnered with Indiana State University to research the use of tactical athlete health and safety with first responders
Researchers measured carcinogen exposure on turnout gear and firefighters’ skin to compare decon methods
In spite of his injuries, the firefighter told bystanders to stay away to avoid injury as he lay tangled in power lines
The firefighter is under observation and is doing well, batallion Chief Brandon Dommel said
Firefighters have a 14 percent higher chance of dying of cancer than the general population
Captain Dave Galbraith took an elevator to his colleague’s office when he felt pressure coming from his torso
HHS, CDC commit opioid funding grant money to public health based models for combating the crisis
