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.
Most certified PPE is on the up and up, but that’s not always the case; here’s how to identify suspect certification claims
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The lieutenant suffered a knee injury and was taken to a hospital for treatment
The case of firefighter-medic Marlise Munoz drew national debate about life support for the sake of a fetus
The state fire marshal’s office said the victims appear to be two children and three adults
One firefighter suffered a fractured pelvis and the other is in the intensive-care unit with rib and clavicle injuries
The firefighter suffered minor injuries after falling from a loft space while battling the flames at a two-alarm residential fire
The firefighter went into sudden cardiac arrest on scene while the department fought the fire
The firefighter was injured after he was thrown from a truck and is being hospitalized for a possible broken collarbone
Keeping turnout gear clean is critical to firefighter health; here’s how to buy and use turnout gear washers
The 14-year-old boy couldn’t get out of his room because the door knob had been removed
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Whether it’s moving a live electrical wire with a pike pole or simultaneously conducting offensive and defensive fire attacks, you want to avoid all of these acts on the fireground
Firefighters working out during shift has been tied to on-duty injuries; scientists dig deep into those numbers to show what they really mean for firefighter safety
The cliché “knowledge is power” is essential to EMS.
A NIOSH report released about a year ago shows these dirty hoods can lead to cancer down the road
Firefighter Brian Smyth, 57, suffered a heart attack while fighting a house fire and later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital
Danielle DiBenedetto had been fighting colon cancer since Dec. 2013
There are a lot of choices when it comes protective fire eyewear, and that’s a good thing; here’s a guide to selecting the right protection for the right situation
About 12 to 15 percent of applicants who take the mental health test are ruled out based on the results
A car collided with a building, puncturing a chlorine cylinder; vehicle driver was the most seriously injured
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