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.
The N.Y. firefighters are joining a national effort, Cycle for Survival, to raise money for cancer research
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Analysts believe these cases are drastically underreported in the United States
George Carman breathes on his own one day after receiving the double lung transplant
By bearing these areas in mind, you can help to improve both your fire suppression efforts and your safety on the fireground.
A policy implemented last year requires all the department’s 1,650 uniformed staff members to undergo physical examinations
With rehab we often focus on the dangers of overheating, but cold injuries can be just as big a threat during winter months
Eating right and working out are key, but not always enough
Federal administrators still have to decide whether to cover other conditions, like cancer, where there is less hard evidence of a tie to ground zero toxins
As a responder, you need to build a strong sense of pride in all your abilities
A fire lieutenant was injured when she fell and a firefighter suffered from exertion; hydrants were frozen in the frigid weather
The 85 firefighter fatalities recorded mark the lowest total since the USFA started keeping statistics in 1977
COMPLETE COVERAGE
With heart attacks among the leading cause of firefighter line of duty deaths, no fire department can afford not to have one of these on scene
Overhaul is a time when many of us exhale, and that letting the guard down invites catastrophe
Fire Police Officer Claudia Sokol was working traffic control when she took ill
The study found that some firefighters had two to three times the level of flame retardants in their system than the general U.S. population
The suit claims that despite a doctor’s diagnosis with PTSD, the city did not try to find him a different job
The woman had no vital signs and was unresponsive when firefighters arrived on the scene
With the right steps, even more line of duty deaths can be prevented
Show your SCBA some love, for the ones who love you
The 52-year-old who had become the restaurant’s mascot ate there every day
Chief William Delanoy was 58 and is survived by his son and wife