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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The fire was at a vacant building in St. Paul
The NFFF hopes to provide firefighters with the resources they need to deal with traumatic events and situations they encounter in their jobs
Staffing rehab is always challenging even more so in a tough economic climate, so where can a department look for personnel?
The fire started at a vacant house and spread to a home with six children
Improved infection control practices are warranted to reduce MRSA exposures, say researchers
Heat is taking a toll on emergency responders throughout the region
Three firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion, one for a cut hand
Two were transported by ambulance to a local hospital
Several firefighters brought in to tackle the fires were treated for mild heat exhaustion during the afternoon
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The black mamba is known to use neurotoxins to paralyze and kill animals
Lt. Thomas Flahive was bitten by a mosquito and fell ill
The 50-year-old firefighter had been running for about 7 minutes as part of a test required for promotion
There are now 26 cases in 5 states of the rare fungal meningitis; 4 have died
Jakub Halik, a former Czech firefighter is the only man in the world to have two artificial pumps working side by side instead of a heart
The weekend ceremony added the names of the 18 fallen firefighters to the Ontario Firefighters Memorial
Firefighter Ralph Lettieri vows to get back on the job and continue firefighting
The ruling affects naturally occurring asbestos and could change clean-up requirements
IAFC finds short-term funding solution, but warns site may experience problems
Firefighter Trevor Whittaker hit a deer while riding his ATV without a helmet
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