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.
Everyone who responded to the situation went above and beyond to try and save my husband’s life; for that, I will forever be grateful
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Runoff from commercial buildings, where firefighters don’t know what’s inside, is bigger hazard than runoff from house fires
Project Breathe — national program donates masks to emergency responders
Firefighter treated, released for heat exhaustion
More than 40 local firefighters have died of cancer in recent decades
Electrical fire resulted in $200,000 in damages to home, then flared back up later that day
Lawmakers concerned about runaway costs and illegitimate health claims limited program to people suffering from relatively short list of illnesses
Training legs while on duty and in uniform is very effective, easy, quick and will reduce the chance of getting hurt
Firefighter Douglas “Doug” Haase, 60, was found dead in his bed at St. Charles Fire Department firehouse having suffered medical emergency
Chief Kyle Ienn grew ranks of Ralston volunteer firefighters to all-time high of 56 by end of 2011, was also expert on fireworks safety