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.
Chris McGrone was placed in a medically induced coma and is still recovering from his injuries; he has not yet returned to full duty
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Number of on-duty fatalities dropped for 3rd consecutive year in 2011
Assistant Fire Chief Donald Suggs, 55, was member of Summerville Fire and Rescue Department
Here’s how to have food that is good for the body and the taste buds
It appears that a retired firefighter killed his wife then took his on life in the couple’s Houston home
50 types of cancer can now be added to illnesses covered for those exposed to the aftermath of 9/11
University of Cincinnati study: Firefighters are 2 to 3 times more likely to develop cancer than general public
Firefighter Frank Duck spent 29 years as firefighter and paramedic in Hanover until dying of pancreatic cancer
Simple techniques and tips can make those fire station meals memorable, in a good way
The small fire on the 89th floor was never a threat to life or property
Fire chief: ‘I’m just overwhelmed. Some way, I will find a way to say thank you’
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The firefighter is expected to be OK after he was struck by a heavy light fixture that fell on him while he battled a house fire
Capt. Bill Dowling lost both of his legs and suffered brain damage after getting trapped in the deadly motel fire on May 31
Firefighter Cindy Schuenke was burned while trying to rescue a woman from a burning home; a court ordered the department to reinstate and pay her for the four years she was off the job
Researchers found high instances of cancers of the respiratory and digestive systems and brain cancer
This story opens debate to the larger problem of firefighters losing money due to on-the-job injuries
Firefighter Andrew Warren Cody served on the Mansfield Fire Department for 23 years
The firefighter went into cardiac arrest during a physical fitness training
Capt. Brandon Erickson died of complications from back surgery after he was injured lifting an EMT bag on a medical call
Firefighter Lawrence Wilson went the hospital and missed work after slipping; he stuff suffers from pain
The firefighter was in full cardiac arrest when other firefighters on scene administered CPR and used an AED to help him gain consciousness
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