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.
We are not playing a game, but we are playing the odds when we fail to properly prepare and train for each event we encounter.
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We know that firefighters and emergency service personnel have a determined attitude, which is good but can also be deadly
One feature often debated is if a loss of consciousness is needed for a patient to have a concussion
Over past 25 years, specially trained firefighters have helped their brothers handle strain inevitable with job
Capt. Walter Sumner, 49, was responding to incident on Jan. 21 then had heart attack within 24 hours of incident
Firefighter John Kelly died after being overcome by low oxygen and sewer gases while attempting to rescue utility worker from sewer manhole near firehouse
Volunteer Firefighter Bruce Turcotte, 58, died at hospital after cardiac event; 1 civilian was found dead inside basement of home
NVFC found that overweight, obesity rates in firefighters range from 73 percent to 88 percent, higher than nationwide average
Firefighter David Crenshaw was treated at scene, transported to medical facility where has was pronounced dead from cardiac arrest
Prisoner was booked in 2010 to serve 11-year sentence for transportation, possession for sale of controlled substances
Attempting to break record for most Ironman distance triathlons completed in 1 year will raise awareness for firefighters battling cancer