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.
He lost his SCBA mask while entering a smoky apartment complex fire and fell to the floor unconscious
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Project Breathe — national program donates masks to emergency responders
Firefighter treated, released for heat exhaustion
More than 40 local firefighters have died of cancer in recent decades
Electrical fire resulted in $200,000 in damages to home, then flared back up later that day
Lawmakers concerned about runaway costs and illegitimate health claims limited program to people suffering from relatively short list of illnesses
Training legs while on duty and in uniform is very effective, easy, quick and will reduce the chance of getting hurt
Firefighter Douglas “Doug” Haase, 60, was found dead in his bed at St. Charles Fire Department firehouse having suffered medical emergency
Chief Kyle Ienn grew ranks of Ralston volunteer firefighters to all-time high of 56 by end of 2011, was also expert on fireworks safety
We know that firefighters and emergency service personnel have a determined attitude, which is good but can also be deadly
COMPLETE COVERAGE
He was riding on the tailboard of an antique fire truck when another crashed into him
Despite an exhaustive effort by colleagues who immediately performed CPR, applied a defibrillator and instituted advanced life support measures, Capt. Heath died
Four firefighters suffered minor injuries by smoke inhalation; the fifth firefighter suffered serious burns and smoke inhalation
Mark Grove, who had been with the Eaton Volunteer Fire Department for 13 years, was discovered “down and unresponsive” a week before his death
Two firefighters were trapped when the roof collapsed; the other firefighter was injured after pouring water on hot-spots
The girl was found in her bedroom and died; the firefighter suffered second-degree burns
The firefighter was experiencing chest pains and taken to a hospital in fair-to-serious condition
The training demonstrates the department is concerned with their firefighters emotion and mental health
One of the firefighters later went on to the burn unit at a hospital to receive follow-up care
All three firefighters were taken to a hospital in fair-to-serious condition
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