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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The secret to eating healthy on duty and on the go is planning
If you love firefighting and you want to stick around, you need to make sure you’re fit for duty
Not a week goes by without memories of that fateful day at the Sofa Super Store when 9 firefighters died
Thousands of Sept. 11 responders are weighing whether to accept the $713 million settlement
A firefighter suffered burns to his hands; two others suffered heat exhaustion
Suffolk firefighters were called to help while the Chesapeake firefighters recovered from working in the heat
Individualized training programs are based on each member’s weight, blood pressure and strength
The claims losses for volunteer fire departments are said to be driven by the severity of injuries, not by high numbers of claims
Employers and insurers would have the burden to prove cancer is unrelated to the profession
An original settlement was valued at $575 million to $657 million, but a federal judge criticized it as too stingy for the most seriously ill responders