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.
While responder professions can be exceptionally rewarding, they also expose men and women to traumatic scenes that can challenge their ability to cope with stress
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Volunteer firefighter Kevin Swain was shot four times while responding to a welfare check
Amanda Brazil learned 65 percent of the firefighters had no training in critical incidents or PTSD
If approved by the full House and Senate, the $3 million would be available for firefighters in the 2016-2017 fiscal year
The spring 2016 issue focuses on research, laws and the link between firefighting and cancer
With a test measuring total heat loss accepted, is there room and need for a test measuring evaporative resistance?
Lt. Lori Franchina alleged she developed severe post-traumatic stress disorder because of the constant mistreatment
Even seemingly low-level noise over time can damage hearing and lead to additional health risks
Firefighter-medic Judy Rottinghaus donated a kidney in 2010; crews are challenging each of the state’s 99 counties to register 100 people in 100 days
Firefighters need food that heals, not poisons that harm, while making them feel good at the same time
Katie Holloway, 22, joined the same station where her mother was stationed when she began her career in 1988
COMPLETE COVERAGE
The firefighters said in their lawsuit that Federal Signal Corp. should have warned them of the hazards of long-term exposure to the high-intensity sirens
The firefighter took “in a lot of water” while returning a man who had been swept away by turbulent waters in Lake Superior
Aaron Britt was working late one night when he suffered a heart attack; firefighters and paramedics performed chest compressions to save him
Rehab is difficult and doubly so when the temperatures soar or plunge; here’s a look at how to handle those challenging days
Programs, initiatives, standards and resources have been put forward in the last 30 years to improve firefighter health and to decrease death and injury
The firefighters were somehow overcome by carbon monoxide, sending one into cardiac arrest
Dane Smothers Jr., 28, has been a firefighter for about two months; his injuries were described as traumatic
The survey will collect data to shape policy and practice decisions for women in the fire service
Mariana Trujillo is seriously injured after falling 6-feet into a long-abandoned underground vault next to the building where she lives
The volunteer firefighter was driving the fire truck when a tree broke and fell into the roadway
