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.
Firefighters caught with drugs, alcohol in their systems are taken off duty, may enter substance abuse counseling program
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The 37-year-old’s progress impressed fire chiefs after losing his left arm in a bus crash
This simple plan will help you gradually build up endurance for the stair climb
Each of the firefighters is between 20 and 30 pounds lighter after making healthier lifestyle modifications
Chief Thomas Carr said he didn’t want his medical problems to distract from the progress the Fire Department was making
The Oakland Fire Department was fined by Cal/OSHA for not having standards for reporting infectious airborne diseases
Exercise crucial to staying prepared
The physicians say they are required by law to approve lucrative pensions, even without evidence
An independent arbitrator settled the dispute between Boston firefighters and the city
The fire service might benefit in many ways from garments that are lighter and more breathable
About 200 firefighters and their family members have turned to the support team for counseling since the sofa super store fire killed 9 firefighters
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Ralph Lettieri was put in a medically induced coma on Tuesday and has had six surgeries in three days
Fire truck hit commercial building after driver suffered apparent medical emergency, lost control of vehicle
He came in contact with thousands of hospital patients since 2007
Original department report said Fire Chief John Wilkinson had died of cardiac disease
Volunteers and career firefighters joined forces for better compensation for fire-related cancer
Call takers responded to wave upon wave of 911 calls for help from massacre during ‘Batman’ film
Preparing to go out in the heat is critical, regardless of whether or not you end up inside a structure fire
Lt. Joseph DiBernardo Jr. survived 40-foot fall during fatal 2005 ‘Black Sunday’ blaze but died last fall of drug overdose
Heat stress was a contributing factor
Firefighter Steve Roberts ensures all competitors reach stringent standards required by games