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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Three firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion, one for a cut hand
Two were transported by ambulance to a local hospital
Several firefighters brought in to tackle the fires were treated for mild heat exhaustion during the afternoon
About 200 firefighters battled the fire; one firefighter was hospitalized with burns to the neck
Three firefighters rested on stretchers and took oxygen provided by EMT’s before they were taken to city hospitals
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They were taken to an area hospital in noncritical condition after suffering mild heat exhaustion
He was among the 200 responders who answered the call in what was later discovered to be one of the worst illegal chemical dumps in the nation
One firefighter was kept overnight at a hospital, where he was treated for heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation
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