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.
The NIOSH review is the first one of what will be a periodic investigation of scientific evidence on cancer and the exposure to contaminants at the WTC site
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Six firefighters volunteered to be tested for kidney donation compatibility for the 37-year-old with type 2 diabetes
Thanks to a quick response from local and area volunteer firefighters, the fire caused relatively little dollar damage
Yahoo! Studios highlights Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman’s battle through sickness resulting from responding to 9/11
Responder who worked at Ground Zero: ‘Totally heartbroken’
Let’s all help our staff stay healthy, both physically and mentally
His suicide might’ve escaped wide notice, except that it came on the heels of his public brouhaha with Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers
Pension benefits associated with WTC-related disability retirements have produced an increased financial burden of over $826 million on the FDNY pension system
There is a big push nationally to improve wellness, fitness, and safety and it cannot come at a better time
He suffered the heart attack while participating in Technical Rescue Training
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