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.
Details are still unclear, but the injury occurred as they were shifting from an offensive to a defensive fight
FITNESS IN FOCUS
They raised more than $20,000 to help pay for skin graphs Lt. Bell will need as he recovers from his injuries
The firefighter will run the entire 26.2 miles in full turnout gear with SCBA
The chemicals are shown to increase firefighters risk of cancer
The father was diagnosed with kidney failure 15 years ago
The incident is under investigation
Firefighter Jim Brake completed the 70 floor walk in 47 minutes
The firefighter was injured while fighting an apartment complex blaze
The student hopes the gel can be used in the military
The firefighter was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis which gave him debilitating pain
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression and other mental illnesses are not signs of weak or immoral firefighters; they are job-related illnesses that require treatment
Bill Whitmore began his fire department career in 1946; he is in his 65th year as a volunteer firefighter
Part of a ceiling crossbeam struck firefighter Matthew Clapp while battling a fire; he’s now on the mend four months later
Ted Drake, a fire supervisor at the Honor Conservation Camp, suffered a cardiac arrest while participating in a pack test for red card certification
Opponents say it will strain budgets and invite fraudulent claims
Retired captain Lito Lemus underwent emergency surgery to clear a blockage in his heart; he is in stable condition
Firefighter Robert Sweigart was being treated for his second bout of leukemia and was going home because his treatments weren’t stemming the disease
David Millett, 62, requested EMS to his home for difficulty breathing; he died when medics arrived
Nearly a year after Capt. Bill Dowling was critically injured, his wife still wants answers about what happened, what started the fire and what went wrong that day
The firefighter was attempting to extinguish a grass fire at his residence when he suffered a cardiac arrest
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