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.
Fire truck hit commercial building after driver suffered apparent medical emergency, lost control of vehicle
FITNESS IN FOCUS
Thousands of Sept. 11 responders are weighing whether to accept the $713 million settlement
A firefighter suffered burns to his hands; two others suffered heat exhaustion
Suffolk firefighters were called to help while the Chesapeake firefighters recovered from working in the heat
Individualized training programs are based on each member’s weight, blood pressure and strength
The claims losses for volunteer fire departments are said to be driven by the severity of injuries, not by high numbers of claims
Employers and insurers would have the burden to prove cancer is unrelated to the profession
An original settlement was valued at $575 million to $657 million, but a federal judge criticized it as too stingy for the most seriously ill responders
Older firefighters must face the reality of aging, but also get the chance to balance their younger counterparts
Volunteer Firefighter Gregory Cooke was unfit to wear SCBA and advance water-filled hoselines, NIOSH investigators found
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Federal grand jury came back with 14 charges, additional state charges have also been filed
Firefighter Harold Planchon is battling terminal cancer while his retirement claim hangs in limbo
More patients will be eligible for the $4.3 billion fund set up to treat and compensate people exposed to the WTC building materials
A faulty water heater pumped 10 times the normal amount of carbon monoxide into the mall
Air pollution from wildfires is so high that fire crews are being swapped out every 14 days
Volunteering will take everything you offer and more, which is why controlling burnout is critical to keeping firefighters engaged
The two-year battle has been further complicated by labor board appointments
Doctors are pleased with the progress of the 15-year veteran who collapsed at a 3-alarm fire
Fire chief felt obligated to put money back for the next firefighters
Details are slow to emerge in the death of a N.H. fire chief