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 injured firefighters are expected to be OK; one suffered a minor finger injury, and the other suffered a foot injury in a ladder accident
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There are now 26 cases in 5 states of the rare fungal meningitis; 4 have died
Jakub Halik, a former Czech firefighter is the only man in the world to have two artificial pumps working side by side instead of a heart
The weekend ceremony added the names of the 18 fallen firefighters to the Ontario Firefighters Memorial
Firefighter Ralph Lettieri vows to get back on the job and continue firefighting
The ruling affects naturally occurring asbestos and could change clean-up requirements
IAFC finds short-term funding solution, but warns site may experience problems
Firefighter Trevor Whittaker hit a deer while riding his ATV without a helmet
Rachel Bailey’s skull was severed in a car accident
Despite shooting the firefighter and vet in the abdomen, the shooter’s plea requires a 7-month sentence
The department is advocating breast-cancer awareness in chaplain’s honor
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Cancer-causing agents can reach a firefighter, even one in full PPE; here are simple steps to reduce your risk
The lieutenant suffered a knee injury and was taken to a hospital for treatment
The case of firefighter-medic Marlise Munoz drew national debate about life support for the sake of a fetus
The state fire marshal’s office said the victims appear to be two children and three adults
One firefighter suffered a fractured pelvis and the other is in the intensive-care unit with rib and clavicle injuries
The firefighter suffered minor injuries after falling from a loft space while battling the flames at a two-alarm residential fire
The firefighter went into sudden cardiac arrest on scene while the department fought the fire
The firefighter was injured after he was thrown from a truck and is being hospitalized for a possible broken collarbone
Keeping turnout gear clean is critical to firefighter health; here’s how to buy and use turnout gear washers
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