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.
Bill Whitmore began his fire department career in 1946; he is in his 65th year as a volunteer firefighter
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The proposal to subsidize firefighters’ gym memberships was scuttled after failing to receive support from a majority of the towns’ boards of Selectmen and Finance
Five residents, including the property owner, escaped unharmed
Fire chief: “Dale was as good a man as you would find. Dale loved helping people”
A number of representatives expressed concern about the BMI rating system because it doesn’t calculate fitness of individuals
The United Nurses Associations, alongside a representative from the Murrieta Firefighters Association, said the practice is creating a “dangerous situation,” for patients who are in need of the most critical care
MRSA is now killing more people than HIV, and it loves to live in and around firefighters
Martin Walsh had a cardiac arrest while en route to a garage fire
The firefighters sustained minor injuries on a fire that rekindled
It is important to remember that firefighters must compete in very uncontrolled, chaotic environments
The department also added lighted vein finders
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Departments across the country have been making waves on social media with their viral videos
They’ve received nearly 250 donations in the past week; the donation directly helps survivors of fallen firefighters
Chief John McDonald, 54, began his firefighting career in 1974 as a volunteer firefighter
The firefighter suffered a cardiac arrest while putting out a house fire; firefighters rendered aid immediately
27-year veteran Robert Fogle became ill while training on the maze with SCBA
One firefighter was slightly injured due to exhaustion and was encouraged to stop and rest until he felt better
The 32-year veteran reportedly died of a massive heart attack
Two weeks before Luke Wroblewski, 22, was set to enter the fire academy, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Fire Chief Jim Payeur was hooking up a piece of equipment when a tractor hit him; he suffered significant trauma to his leg with led to serious blood loss
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