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
Lawyers say people who claimed to have been sickened by World Trade Center ash were already ill before the attacks
Firefighters were exposed to diesel fumes from fire trucks idling in fire halls for decades
The firefighter complained of a headache while cleaning up the incident scene
The officer in charge was in the basement when he suffered the heart attack
An Associated Press investigation found that several of the initial 30 suits contain suspicious claims
Firefighter Henry Sandy was responding to a trailer fire
Firefighters tested the air in the students’ home and found it contained 200 parts per million of carbon monoxide
The lawsuits accuse the businesses of negligence and reckless conduct
Volunteer Firefighter Terry Cannon passed away from an apparent heart attack
COMPLETE COVERAGE
The small fire on the 89th floor was never a threat to life or property
Fire chief: ‘I’m just overwhelmed. Some way, I will find a way to say thank you’
With suicide rates increasing among firefighters in the area, 900 firefighters will go through training
Six firefighters injured in the five-story apartment fire that the fire commissioner called an ‘extremely difficult situation’
Complained of feeling light-headed or dizzy hours after extinguishing an apartment fire
The politics of dining can turn the fire station into a real zoo
Flames were leaping 80 feet off nearly 3-story-high pallets covering 4 acres
Erratic, combative behavior is one sign to check a firefighter’s blood sugar level
Safe Call Now is confidential hotline for police officers, firefighters