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.
Are we lazy, complacent, or maybe just stupid when it comes to wearing our personal protective equipment at all times?
FITNESS IN FOCUS
A department must have a policy in place for determining when it is too hot to safely train
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Regardless of your rank, it is time we step up to the plate and become leaders in the revolution of doing what is right to protect firefighters’ health
Wichita Fire Department Fire Capt. Urban A. Eck suffered cardiac arrest while undergoing surgery to repair his heart
New York lawmakers say they’re more optimistic this time because the bill will need only a simple majority
Unfortunately, the skills we need to deal with difficult situations are not typically taught in our training
The bill would provide free health care and compensation to 9/11 workers who fell ill after working in the trade center ruins
Teams rotated in and out of the structure, and during their off time stripped off turnout gear and stood in shade, drinking water to cool down
The CYANOKIT treatment works within minutes and studies have shown a 73 percent survival rate for smoke-inhalation patients
The nearly 10,000 police officers, firefighters, and construction and utility workers involved will get until Nov. 8 to make a decision
