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.
Colleague: “He was an extremely well liked and popular member … and we are utterly distraught that he has gone.”
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Commissioner Daniel Nigro said their deaths are a painful reminder that 13 years later we continue to pay a terrible price for the department’s heroic efforts
When you’re a firefighter on the go, you need to make the most of your fitness, when you can fit in the time
Check out the voters’ order versus the true order the fire service leaders completed their challenge
Jeff Patterson was burned while fighting a house fire in May; he spent nearly five months in the hospital and underwent 12 surgeries
Hero Fund America founder said he wanted to recognize those who ran into smoke and bombs after Boston Marathon bombings
Capt. Rudolph Peter Witton was on his way to a house fire with crew members when he appeared to go into shock
Firefighter Alex Quinn left the burn unit last week and went home Tuesday, but Capt. Grider is still in critical condition
There have been 18 suspensions or firings at the department related to DWI allegations during the past 5 1/2 years
Alcohol and other substance abuse is a serious issue that requires root-cause investigation and correction to have any meaningful impact
Bedbugs can and will get in your turnout gear; the nature of PPE makes eradicating them all the more tricky
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The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act must pass out of four key committees and secure agreement on a way to pay for it
Daniel Lyon still hasn’t regained use of his hands and it will take time to get his body functioning well enough to go back to work
The medical center is the first in the state and aims to fill the void in the area’s public health care
All firefighters, paramedics, ambulance crew members and command staff will be tested yearly
The body is a complex system and mobility-limiting pain in one of these four areas is often the symptom of correctable problems elsewhere
Firefighter Alex Galang returned to work 10 months after he fell into a basement when a fire caused the first floor to give way
Tim Boniface will be representing Men’s Health for a year, a role he hopes will help him promote health and wellness for firefighters
It is the chief’s, the department’s and the community’s responsibility to provide exams; it’s the firefighters who should demand it
Fire chief on Indiana’s devastating tornado: “It just seemed like it went on and on forever. It was awful.”
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