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.
FITNESS IN FOCUS
FDNY medical board to reconsider whether heart, lung damage firefighter suffered as a 9/11 responder contributed to drowning death
Firefighter sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Westport Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Chris Stock was a 20-year veteran of the fire service
Ten other St. Paul firefighters were also became captains
Designed by Toronto-based Andre Agate, new device is basically a wheelbarrow on steroids
St. Paul Fire Department calls in Metro Critical Incident Stress Management Team for debriefings after “critical incidents”
Firefighters face higher odds of developing diseases in highly toxic chemical fires like Plastimet, where 400 tons of recycled plastic burned for 4 days
Toledo Firefighter-Paramedic Michael J. Darrington died after responding to two medical calls and a fire alarm
Tower was contaminated with debris from the trade center
Capt. Prentiss went into cardiac arrest in December
COMPLETE COVERAGE
The 49-year-old engineer died of what appears to be a massive heart attack
The cadet collapsed during training and was rushed to the hospital
The fund will bridge gap of mental-health services not covered by workers compensation
By turning students into instructors, they will retain far more information than in a lecture setting
The firefighter was found unresponsive after he finished his shift
166 probies flunked the physical-fitness test the first week of the academy
Chief Scott Morrison went into cardiac and respiratory arrest on scene; he had been a firefighter since 1986
The 22-year-old apparently suffered a heart attack while on his way to the scene
Lt. Ryan Emmons lost his arm when a tractor-trailer collided with his fire truck
The little girl has an enlarged heart and will eventually require a heart transplant
