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
Hendrickson: “At the end of my day, I go home and want to be left alone until I sleep”
A firefighter suffered burns while trying to extinguish the flames
Lt. Lidke was directing traffic as the apparatus returned to quarters when he collapsed
Of all the stories to come out of 2013, these seem to best explain the current state of the fire service
The firefighter was taken to the hospital and had surgery because the bullet hit an artery
The chance of pushing though a package to even out the full-time and part-time survivor benefits is in doubt
Firefighters quickly knocked down this recent fire; no one was injured
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said extending the injury coverage would impose “an undue burden” on municipalities before they have the opportunity to opt out of its provisions
The explosion left the boys, ages 12, 11 and 10, with serious injuries after they set gasoline from remote control cars on fire
While performing ground operations, one firefighter sustained a minor injury and was taken to the hospital for evaluation
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Agencies joined forces to transport him by ambulance from Houston to San Antonio, with brothers and sisters saluting him on the way
The chief watched his beloved, only child graduate and receive her diploma from his hospital bed in a special ceremony
Chief Mike “Coop” Cooper was the longest-serving volunteer firefighter in the department’s history
Leslie “Les” Fryman was a passenger in a tanker responding to a structure fire when he went unresponsive
Fire Chief Michael Haines had served with the department since 1973
Cliff Sanders, 55, died of a stroke; this is the first line of duty death for the department
Chief Larry Glass, who served as chief for 11 years, first joined the department as a junior firefighter in 1974
He was transported to a hospital, where he suffered a heart attack and died
The ready-to-consume packets contain a sports drink, water, fruit puree, snack bar, branch chain amino acid chews and an anti-bacterial hand wipe
Researchers said most of the stress was due to the physically dangerous and psychologically taxing nature of the job