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.
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The firefighters hosted the “kegs and eggs” themed party as a sendoff for the old station and a firefighter who was leaving
Not everyone has a dedicated training facility and those departments need extra planning to avoid injuring firefighters
The bill aims to make cancer a job-related illness; it would give $80,000 to families of firefighters who die from cancer
Firefighter safety is as much about their mental state as their physical state; here’s what the company officer can do to boost the crew’s emotional hygiene
The bag valve mask obscured the victim’s face while his firefighter son performed CPR
The department showed support and raised awareness about firefighter Matt Logsdon, who is battling stage four cancer
Firefighters applying for the benefit would have to demonstrate exposure to a known carcinogen as a result of their occupation
When firefighters arrived on scene, they found no house fire and decided to join the kids playing basketball for a round
Assistant Chief Daniel Cool, 71, was at a training meeting when he collapsed; he was a 50-year veteran
The fire damaged three vacant buildings and brought units from several departments, including those who set up rehab to warm firefighters
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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
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