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.
Forty-year veteran Blaine “Skeeter” Wildnauer Jr. suffered a heart attack while assisting crash victims
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Fire chief: ‘I’m just overwhelmed. Some way, I will find a way to say thank you’
With suicide rates increasing among firefighters in the area, 900 firefighters will go through training
Six firefighters injured in the five-story apartment fire that the fire commissioner called an ‘extremely difficult situation’
Complained of feeling light-headed or dizzy hours after extinguishing an apartment fire
The politics of dining can turn the fire station into a real zoo
Flames were leaping 80 feet off nearly 3-story-high pallets covering 4 acres
Erratic, combative behavior is one sign to check a firefighter’s blood sugar level
Safe Call Now is confidential hotline for police officers, firefighters
Harmful ingredients in sodas make them a poor choice for rehab, or anytime
COMPLETE COVERAGE
The firefighter was in full cardiac arrest when other firefighters on scene administered CPR and used an AED to help him gain consciousness
The close call in Arizona is a good excuse to take a refresher on best practices for overhaul
Firefighter-medic Andy Pfeifle was battling a blaze when a large log fell on him; he was hit in the back of the head and will stay in the hospital for a few days to recover
He was critically injured in May of 2012 while responding to a tractor-trailer fire
Lt. Stephen Marano was reported missing Saturday after his vehicle was located near a swamp; authorities do not suspect foul play
The firefighter was treated for an unknown injury and returned to work Tuesday night
Lt. James Goodman Jr., 52, died suddenly at the fire station
Moisture-barrier products stored in original packaging for three years or more are susceptible to seam separation
“Anyone who worked at San Jose Fire can remember a friend who died of cancer who worked at station five,” one firefighter said
