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
Firefighter Cindy Schuenke was burned while trying to rescue a woman from a burning home; a court ordered the department to reinstate and pay her for the four years she was off the job
Researchers found high instances of cancers of the respiratory and digestive systems and brain cancer
This story opens debate to the larger problem of firefighters losing money due to on-the-job injuries
Firefighter Andrew Warren Cody served on the Mansfield Fire Department for 23 years
The firefighter went into cardiac arrest during a physical fitness training
Capt. Brandon Erickson died of complications from back surgery after he was injured lifting an EMT bag on a medical call
Firefighter Lawrence Wilson went the hospital and missed work after slipping; he stuff suffers from pain
The firefighter was in full cardiac arrest when other firefighters on scene administered CPR and used an AED to help him gain consciousness
The close call in Arizona is a good excuse to take a refresher on best practices for overhaul
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The call was Chief Ebmeyer’s, a 25-year fire service veteran, most difficult of his career; he made the boy an honorary firefighter for his heroic actions
It may seem like a bunch of bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo, but ignoring in station hazardous materials can bring stiff fines
Being denied coverage is frustrating for firefighters, especially if their injury prevents them from doing their day job
Working with a corporate sponsor, to managing a larger team to, live-fire demonstrations, IFRM broke new ground
Investigators believe the fire started in the attic and the cause was likely an electrical short
Aiden, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia at the age of 1, always wanted to be a firefighter
Johnathan Davis was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor; his parents said his goal was to become a fourth generation firefighter
Public safety culture is changing, with it perhaps the notion that responders are immune to emotional injury from traumatic events
The department improved firefighter recovery time and decreased the incidence of heat stress with versatile new gear from the TECGEN PPE brand
Firefighters get the best of both worlds with the TECGEN PPE brand’s alternative to turnout gear
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