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.
Bobby Mollere, 61, was taking part in a wildland fire training exercise when he reportedly collapsed
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A benefit is being held in his honor to help cover costs of his recovery
The pills contain a thermometer and transmitter, which help to accurately depict a body’s response to extreme heat
About 42 percent of the cases involve energy drinks mixed with alcohol
With one of the worst flu seasons to date, medics are hard pressed to respond to all the calls
Workers found a hole in the heating unit near kindergarten and first-grade rooms
1 firefighter suffered chest pains but was treated and released from the hospital
The numbers are certainly trending down, yet there’s work to be done and these are the key areas of focus
Use assessments to strengthen your personnel and students, not fail them
Chief Andy Mitten was honored as part of the show “Mobbed” after his daughter’s donated organs helped save a woman’s life
Know the signs of cardiac arrest and stroke and swiftly treat those symptoms
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At least 230 San Francisco firefighters have died of cancer over the past decade
SCBA is the most important piece of PPE, and the reasons for not using it are no longer valid
Firefighters were responding to a medical call when the ambulance got stuck in mud; the firefighter was behind the ambulance when he was hit
Having the right stair chair for the job will make moving the patient safer and save firefighters’ backs
EMS, police, and firefighters will be able to file claims for mental-health counseling following a post-traumatic stress diagnosis
Assistant Chief Tom Stevens suffered a heart attack hours after returning home from an emergency response
What you can’t, and can, see on your PPE will hurt you; follow these steps to avoid exposure to cancer-causing agents
Firefighter-medic Wayne Jeffers was dispatched on a run and never answered the call; his partner went to get him and found him unresponsive
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