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.
Fire Chief Ernie Polsom said the decision was made because there are benefits that exist to serve firefighters in these situations
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Deborah Feairheller is conducting a study to come up with ways to fight line-of-duty related heart attacks
The rule requires firefighters to engage in a fitness regiment eight out of 10 days
The study said cardiovascular events, often related to diet and weight, are the leading cause of firefighters’ deaths in the line of duty
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Lt. Stu Tudor, 54, was put in a medically induced coma while his injuries were assessed
Andrew Walkingshaw, 43, was vacationing with his wife to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary
Firefighter Matthew Hicks lost his left leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident last year
Brendan McDonough is working to raise funds and awareness about wildland firefighters who deal with PTSD
The Lifeband Touch is a slim activity tracker that’s compatible with certain heart rate monitors and smart phones to keep track of daily activities
Greg Barnas, who died battling a fire, had been donating blood cells for his son’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma treatment
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The fire department’s chaplain said the firefighter’s recovery is “nothing short of a miracle”
David Nondorf, 56, was diagnosed in 2011 with bone cancer after stepping in a hole and feeling something pop in his knee during a fire call
The 40-year-old career acting-captain died on duty at one of the volunteer departments where he served
They have become the first department in the country to adopt all of the nearly one-dozen recommendations of the Firefighter Cancer Support Network
Chief James D. “JD” Robinson appeared to have suffered a heart attack while on standby at a car race
Lt. James Hayes is expected to make a full recovery; he was shot twice by a suspected gang member while responding to a fire call
The nonprofit organization has 12 volunteers, many who attended a citizen fire academy; they provide help when the weather is extreme
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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
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