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.
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Federal administrators still have to decide whether to cover other conditions, like cancer, where there is less hard evidence of a tie to ground zero toxins
As a responder, you need to build a strong sense of pride in all your abilities
A fire lieutenant was injured when she fell and a firefighter suffered from exertion; hydrants were frozen in the frigid weather
The 85 firefighter fatalities recorded mark the lowest total since the USFA started keeping statistics in 1977
If we fail to maintain the delicately balanced pH levels in our bodies, we put ourselves at risk for disease and in some cases death
Vandergrift No. 1 learned firsthand about that dangers of heart attacks when they lost a lifelong member in 2004
We may still be considered America’s heroes, but in a time when everyone is struggling to make ends meet, nothing is guaranteed
One firefighter suffered a cut on his face, another hurt his leg when a stairwell collapsed and a third suffered fatigue
I expect this past year won’t be the last time we see these five themes expressed on FireRescue1
The fire destroyed the Derry house and left one firefighter hospitalized with difficulty breathing