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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Behavioral health issues are as much a threat to a firefighter’s overall safety as building construction, reduced staffing and response times
There was heavy fire showing on the first floor of the two-story home when firefighters arrived
About a dozen firefighters were treated for heat-related injuries; no residents were hurt
It seems to me that we should be able to make training both realistic and safe
Having ice water immersion rapidly available and keeping trainees well hydrated could have prevented the death, investigators said
A 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant paid 80 percent of the cost of the devices
If you want to write a grant for fitness equipment, you need to focus on training and responder health and safety
Firefighters worked about two hours to bring the fire under control
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Capt. David Tatum reported feeling ill while at the scene and later collapsed at home
When medical insurance wouldn’t cover the cost of a surgery for stomach cancer, fellow firefighter stepped up
A coroner believes Chief Don Felton suffered a massive heart attack and died in his office
Firefighter Aaron Chamney broke a rib after contracting West Nile Virus, pneumonia, and Valley Fever
One of the train cars is leaking butadiene, a flammable, colorless gas with a mild aromatic odor
Firefighting requires specific types of strength-building exercises to prevent on-the-job injuries
The Colo. firefighter is expected to recover from injuries at a residential fire suspected to have started in the chimney
The study will focus on cleaning polluted groundwater
Firefighter Doug Waller died 6 years ago after contracting the virus while on the job
The students and teachers were forced to leave after a nauseous odor sickened dozens of people
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