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.
The impact of the collision split his truck in two; firefighter Michael Blake broke his neck in the crash
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The fund will bridge gap of mental-health services not covered by workers compensation
By turning students into instructors, they will retain far more information than in a lecture setting
The firefighter was found unresponsive after he finished his shift
166 probies flunked the physical-fitness test the first week of the academy
Chief Scott Morrison went into cardiac and respiratory arrest on scene; he had been a firefighter since 1986
The 22-year-old apparently suffered a heart attack while on his way to the scene
Lt. Ryan Emmons lost his arm when a tractor-trailer collided with his fire truck
The little girl has an enlarged heart and will eventually require a heart transplant
With heart attacks among the leading cause of firefighter line of duty deaths, no fire department can afford not to have one of these on scene
Overhaul is a time when many of us exhale, and that letting the guard down invites catastrophe
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The city wants to go to a system that would pay the firefighters at most 33 percent of the sick hours they’ve accumulated
Details are still unclear, but the injury occurred as they were shifting from an offensive to a defensive fight
Middle East respiratory syndrome is not as contagious as the flu, but is more deadly and has no known cure or vaccine
Lt. Jeffrey Newland, 50, suffered an aortic dissection four hours after going off shift
Chief Brian Sanford is stepping down because of his battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease; he’s taking a new role as chief of staff for the office of public safety
Firefighter Dakota Huddleston has a broken leg and pelvis, several broken vertebrae and a punctured bladder
Tyren Johnson is going to hang out at Engine 54 and get to ride in a truck with a Dalmatian, too
Firefighter John Thomas, 56, was a 28-year veteran firefighter and EMT
Firefighter Charles Goff, 53, suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a multiple-vehicle crash
After surgery and five rounds of chemotherapy, firefighter Jiah Quayle plans to return to full-duty as a firefighter
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