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
Active full-time and volunteer firefighters statewide who become ill with cancer can claim their disease is job-related without proving it
The fire chief for the nation’s largest military base said his 26 years on the job couldn’t prepare him for what he saw
90 firefighters were killed in the line of duty in 2009 — the lowest total since 1993, when 81 died
Police found what appeared to be cocaine residue and a blood-alcohol level over the limit
Logansport Fire Chief Bob McMinn collapsed at the scene of a house fire
COMPLETE COVERAGE
Harmful ingredients in sodas make them a poor choice for rehab, or anytime
Capt. Richard Parks had been on life support after suffering medical emergency at station
Firefighters will canvass neighborhood to check for working smoke alarms, answer questions about deadly gas
Company also rolled out heat-stress alarm to be worn on firefighter’s head
While this was not the longest distance I’ve done in bunkers, it was by far the hottest day
Firefighter Adam Longo of Natrona County was driving squad truck to fire station to pick up brush truck when he had stroke
Safety officers need to rely on fitness and ergonomics to reduce common injuries
Storm debris at site helping to fuel blaze, county health officials issue ‘code red’ air quality alert
Shelby Township Fire Chief Gene Shepherd, 56, was diagnosed with clear-cell sarcoma last year, plans to retire in Dec.
Lt. G. Marshall Sanford was former fire chief, 50-year veteran of fire service who came from family tradition of firefighting