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
These five features will improve versatility, reduce operating costs and get the gear as clean as possible
Specialty-use vehicles can slip across the line of not being classified as emergency vehicles; here’s what to know about these units
A Canadian college and a private company tested an ozone-based sanitization method they say can eliminate nearly all bacteria and fungi from bunker gear
After having a golf-ball-sized tumor removed from his brain, Chief Hemphill foregoes retirement to continue his service
A volunteer group of police officers, firefighters and union workers who responded to the World Trade Center attacks will work with Newtown’s first responders on a year-long program to treat symptoms of crime-scene trauma
Canadian researchers and firefighters hope to learn when firefighters’ decision-making ability falters based on body temperature
An investigation found the chief drove a city vehicle under the influence at least four times; he was suspended for one month and had his pay cut 9 percent
The former Dallas firefighter is on trial for a 4-hour stand off with police at his girlfriend’s home, that he set fire to; he is accused of several other crimes a year later
With firefighter suicides outpacing line-of-duty deaths, peer support teams to help troubled first responders
The volunteer firefighter about to enter Philadelphia’s fire academy left a note in his car
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Gore’s scientific laboratory tests firefighter PPE performance by mimicking fireground stresses
Mike Bramhall, 23, found out he needed a double lung transplant in March, and underwent the surgery in August
Chief David Dangerfield wrote a post about PTSD on Facebook before telling dispatchers where they could find his body
For some people, the condition is so debilitating that they have trouble going about daily routines
The report discusses a range of department issues, such as training and outdated equipment
Firefighter James Brugger and his wife were waiting to board a flight when they saw an unconscious man lying on the ground
Perhaps a key reason PTSD hasn’t been talked about enough in the fire service community is the expectation many firefighters feel to fit a certain mold
The firefighters were in the checkout line when they had to respond to a call
“A Healthcare Provider’s Guide to Firefighter Physicals” addresses diagnosis of common firefighter health ailments
Chief Michael Payne, 58, collapsed at a highway truck fire
