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.
Capt. Mark Lacey is recovering after having a heart attack while fighting a residential house fire on New Year’s Eve
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The suit will be resistant to hazmat and grant superhuman strength
Five reports of people catching fire have been made, four in the US and one in Canada
Jakub Halik lived for six months with a mechanical heart, dying from liver failure
The firefighter is accused of hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife
In actuality, the woman was sitting on the windowsill of a four-story building so she could use her neighbor’s wireless Internet signal
Frequent users of the emergency department do not have higher rates of non-urgent visits than typical ER patients, according to American College of Emergency Physicians
Chief Larry Nielsen was responding to a barn fire when he fell ill
The black mamba is known to use neurotoxins to paralyze and kill animals
Lt. Thomas Flahive was bitten by a mosquito and fell ill
The 50-year-old firefighter had been running for about 7 minutes as part of a test required for promotion
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Capt. Thomas Sterling Suddarth was one of four hurt when a roof of an auto shop collapsed while battling a fire
Firefighter Jack Hancock Jr. said he jumped into action putting his years of first responder training into use, helping his dad during a heart attack
The department has battled bed bugs before in 2010 when seven fire stations had to be fumigated over a span of three months
The 10-year-veteran spent two days in the ICU and another four in the telemetry unit; his fellow firefighters are being credited for saving his life
Her father suffered a heart attack across the street from a firehouse; the firefighters stayed put, another ambulance got lost, and the city worker died
Chief Rick Winkles, 53, was a few months shy of being on the department for 28 years and planned to retire soon
Despite the adversity severe weather presents, firefighters rise to the challenge
After an evaluation of the situation, fire officials determined that a field amputation would be conducted on the man’s arm
Firefighter Art Springer II, 45, died Jan. 23 after contracting the H1N1 flu virus
“That boy was always smiling, trying to make everyone feel better,” his father, Sgt. James Kuzik, said. “He always wanted to help.”
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