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.
Understanding what it means to be extreme and when to do it will make you the best you can be — even at running rehab sectors
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Large-scale incidents produce a new set of problems for rehab and medical resource management; plan well before the event
While more research is needed into the connection between firefighting and cancer, there are things we can do in rehab to keep it at bay
Joe Coons has been diagnosed with Parsonage Turner Syndrome and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, debilitating conditions that have left him unable to work and with mind-numbing pain
The cause of death has not yet been determined, but he did not die while working a fire call
To understand the U.S. Fire Administration’s report on 2012 on-duty firefighter deaths, you need to look deep into the numbers and their trends
One had first- and second-degree burns to both hands, the other superficial burns to his face and neck
It was the lowest year on record for heart-attack deaths and no firefighters died from becoming lost in a structure
When finished, the firefighter house will have three furnished apartments and room for expansion
He lost his SCBA mask while entering a smoky apartment complex fire and fell to the floor unconscious
By the time a Rural/Metro ambulance arrived on scene the man had a pulse again
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Firefighter Kelly Melton will leave for Sierra Leone next week to provide medical supplies and treat the sick
City officials say they’ve spent millions of dollars building and improving fire stations in recent years
It’s nearly impossible not to be moved by the fallen firefighters memorial, and just as impossible to convey that to those who’ve never felt it
A mile-long convoy of friends and firefighters met Alan Brady as he and his family drove him to his newly retrofitted home designed to accommodate his wheelchair
A prosthetic brace allowed him to avoid amputation and he now has full function of his foot
Mike Thompson went to school with a woman whose 3-year-old daughter needed a liver transplant to save her life; he volunteered to get tested and was a match
We can’t wish calls that test our mettle into or out of existence; we can only better prepare for them
A fleet of vehicles from the fire department and other agencies arrived shortly before noon Friday
Firefighter injuries have been rising as the number of firefighters has been shrinking
The responders and the ambulance were isolated after the transport; they’ve been sent home but will be monitored for 21 days
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