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 suffered the burns after he and a fellow firefighter rushed into a burning house while they were off-duty
FITNESS IN FOCUS
One feature often debated is if a loss of consciousness is needed for a patient to have a concussion
Over past 25 years, specially trained firefighters have helped their brothers handle strain inevitable with job
Capt. Walter Sumner, 49, was responding to incident on Jan. 21 then had heart attack within 24 hours of incident
Firefighter John Kelly died after being overcome by low oxygen and sewer gases while attempting to rescue utility worker from sewer manhole near firehouse
Volunteer Firefighter Bruce Turcotte, 58, died at hospital after cardiac event; 1 civilian was found dead inside basement of home
NVFC found that overweight, obesity rates in firefighters range from 73 percent to 88 percent, higher than nationwide average
Firefighter David Crenshaw was treated at scene, transported to medical facility where has was pronounced dead from cardiac arrest
Prisoner was booked in 2010 to serve 11-year sentence for transportation, possession for sale of controlled substances
Attempting to break record for most Ironman distance triathlons completed in 1 year will raise awareness for firefighters battling cancer
Jason Kuehler spent 1 month in hospital for burns on more than 30% of his body after mobile home fire followed by more than 9 months of rehabilitation
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The cause of the fire was faulty electrical wiring; fire officials said the firefighter’s injuries are not life-threatening
Fire Capt. Richard Floersch, 56, was a 36-year veteran firefighter of the Milan Fire Department
Applications have come in the greatest numbers from firefighters, police officers and construction workers who spent months on the smoking debris pile
Large-scale incidents produce a new set of problems for rehab and medical resource management; plan well before the event
While more research is needed into the connection between firefighting and cancer, there are things we can do in rehab to keep it at bay
Joe Coons has been diagnosed with Parsonage Turner Syndrome and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, debilitating conditions that have left him unable to work and with mind-numbing pain
The cause of death has not yet been determined, but he did not die while working a fire call
To understand the U.S. Fire Administration’s report on 2012 on-duty firefighter deaths, you need to look deep into the numbers and their trends
One had first- and second-degree burns to both hands, the other superficial burns to his face and neck
It was the lowest year on record for heart-attack deaths and no firefighters died from becoming lost in a structure
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