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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He also expressed gratitude to everyone who supported him, through small gestures like walking his dog and sending a basket of treats
Taking a close look at firefighter injury numbers points to several ways rehab can reduce those injuries
You responded to a firefighter with eye pain and blurred vision; did you get the treatment steps right?
You are working the rehab area at a working structure fire when presented with this firefighter and his ailment; what do you do?
They believe an informational packet with recovery resources, along with a home outreach program, will help addicts recover
Leaving the home after speaking with the man’s family, officers found firefighters finishing the mowing
“No matter how many times he gets knocked down, he’s there,” Mayor Philip Cimino said
The circumstances and firefighters vary, but leaving for the last time touched them all deeply; here are some of their feelings
The 41-year veteran headed home after 36 days in the hospital for injuries sustained in the fire that killed firefighter Lt. Randy Parker
His son said he has some burns in his airway and is being transferred to a burn unit
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OCFR Wellness Coordinator Lt. Anthony Willis: “It’s very important we keep an eye on our firefighters as we move forward. We can’t afford for anyone to commit suicide.”
A recent story shows the importance of understanding how to handle suicide calls and that we’ve got a long way to go
Now that he’s on the transplant list, Mike Bramhall will wait two to four weeks to receive new lungs
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
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