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.
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The bill would provide workers compensation coverage for post-traumatic stress disorder for police, firefighters and EMTs, both volunteer and paid
He was one of three Farmington firefighters arrested in a period of less than three months last year
IAFF and DHS select MSA to work on next generation of SCBA
One Ford Cliff firefighter was taken to a hospital for heat exhaustion, and two were treated at the scene of a brush fire
The judge said the 9/11 workers deserved more money; a third or more of the money was set to go to lawyers
Palm beach firefighters claim bragging rights over the sheriff’s office
Most if not all of the money would come out of a $1 billion grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Investigators found the fallen firefighter’s fire department had no exercise equipment in fire stations, nor a written wellness or fitness program
Oklahoma City firefighter Kent Collins fell 20 feet onto concrete, suffering an injury that nearly ended his career
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62-year-old fire chief died at his home of an apparent heart attack after returning from a call
Firefighters caught with drugs, alcohol in their systems are taken off duty, may enter substance abuse counseling program
Get the most out of your kitchen budget with equipment that is durable, easy to clean and has multi uses
Firefighter health, like safety, must be lived each day not unpacked and repacked once a year
Scientists say there is little research to prove that exposure to toxic dust plume caused even 1 kind of cancer
Firehouses across Dallas area sent in photos posing with signs emblazoned with cancer-stricken boy’s name
Sunday marked 40th anniversary of hotel’s 5 stories collapsing, killing 9 firefighters and injuring 8
In 2008, Department of Justice claimed she was not certified firefighter at time of death
One of the key, yet often overlooked, components of healthy eating is avoiding food-borne pathogens
More than 100 firefighters responded; 1 was treated for apparent heat exhaustion