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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Respondents weighed in on everything from types of calls they handled to how they reacted
Suit alleged that Ore. fire department discriminated against her because of ‘perceived disability’ after having pacemaker implanted
Woman ingested sodium azide, building evacuated, 4 officers and 2 EMT’s to hospital
Peter Carbonneau, 27-year veteran of Van Buren Ambulance, had also given 24 years to volunteering with Van Buren Fire Department
Capt. John “Jack” Colbert, 60, was member of Birchwood Fire Department since 1973
Capt. David Bailey was reportedly leading training with some inmate/wildland firefighters
Police said they searched lockers, sleeping area of Lawrence Anthony Wajda Jr. at Fire Station 19, found methamphetamine, ecstasy, Suboxone
Training for rehab in perfect conditions will leave you unprepared when Mother Nature refuses to cooperate
To stay healthy, firefighters must rehab more than their bodies; they need to rehab the mind and spirit
The medic’s SUV rolled over during a three-vehicle collision
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His condition was downgraded Sunday and he is responding when doctors ask him to squeeze their hands
Forty-year veteran Blaine “Skeeter” Wildnauer Jr. suffered a heart attack while assisting crash victims
A rise in overdoses is prompting state health officials to consider equipping every basic EMT with Narcan
Issues include crumbling asbestos walls, a basement with standing water, old wiring, building decay and a lack of equipment decontamination areas
“I definitely feel discarded,” said firefighter Brendan Milewski, one of the firefighters featured in “Burn”
Charles Rice, 44, and a 21-year veteran, was treated for a neck injury
Lt. Arlie Hill died Sunday after suffering severe burns to 90 percent of his body in August when he ran into a house fire while off-duty
Three firefighters suffered minor injuries and one firefighter was transported to the hospital
He was taken to a hospital after sustaining chemical burns
Sean Newtown, 23, is listed in critical condition after he suffered severe head injuries in the fall of a two-foot wall
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- Colo. firefighters to begin decontaminating after all fires
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- A national call for firefighter cancer prevention
- Firefighter dedicates time he has left to save colleagues from cancer
- ‘NBC Nightly News’ takes on rising cancer rates among firefighters