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.
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Get the most out of your kitchen budget with equipment that is durable, easy to clean and has multi uses
Firefighter health, like safety, must be lived each day not unpacked and repacked once a year
Scientists say there is little research to prove that exposure to toxic dust plume caused even 1 kind of cancer
Firehouses across Dallas area sent in photos posing with signs emblazoned with cancer-stricken boy’s name
Sunday marked 40th anniversary of hotel’s 5 stories collapsing, killing 9 firefighters and injuring 8
In 2008, Department of Justice claimed she was not certified firefighter at time of death
One of the key, yet often overlooked, components of healthy eating is avoiding food-borne pathogens
More than 100 firefighters responded; 1 was treated for apparent heat exhaustion
5 firefighters were injured, 1 seriously, in blaze that destroyed Walker Community United Methodist Church
The NFPA report on 2011 firefighter fatalities is great news, but more hard work lies ahead
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The gene therapy transforms patients’ blood cells into soldiers that seek and destroy cancer
“Burn” star Brendan Milewski is paralyzed from the waist down after suffering injuries in a fire; he and two others were forced to retire due to their injuries
The belief that rehab is only for incidents, especially those during hot days, is both wrong and dangerous; the culture must change
When they discovered Amanda Nederveen has no income while she’s off work getting chemotherapy, they came together to raise funds for her
Officials ruled to allow fire departments to enforce a ‘zero tolerance’ rule against illegal drug use by paramedics and EMTs
Here are eight serious and one not-so-serious changes readers would like to make to CPAT-style tests
Former firefighter John Sauro collects tax-free disability pension for a shoulder injury even though footage shows him lifting weights in the gym
The firefighter suffered smoke inhalation after he helped rescue two people from a house fire
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