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.
FITNESS IN FOCUS
River, the 4-month-old German shepherd puppy, will take part in critical incident stress debriefings for Newton first responder and residents
The Public Safety Wellness Center in Fairfax County will offer first responders a full range of services
We, as firefighters, have faced everything, but when faced with terminal cancer, moments of connection mean so much
Macomb Universal Ambulance Services will provide up to 18 ambulances over 4 months to manage the summer call volume and avoid FF burnout
Understanding the physical impact on the brain can help destigmatize trauma-related injury and mitigate the impacts of trauma
The simulations at the site in Lincoln tested the team’s abilities in concrete breaching, breaking, shoring, lifting and rigging
Empower and optimize your department’s team by selecting quality members, providing thorough training and future planning to avoid burnout
Chesterfield firefighter David Hart was resuscitated by other firefighters after suffering his 8th heart attack
Scott Campbell is the second San Jose firefighter to become a league referee, taking Bill Leavy’s old number, 217
5 people were injured, 3 critically, during a house fire in Pennsauken
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Two New Haven firefighters were injured while fighting a fire in a structure under renovation
A Columbia fire engine crashed into a pole and ornamental neighborhood sign
Officials say the Miami Fire Rescue firefighter is in serious but stable condition
Fritch Fire Chief Zeb Smith suffered a medical emergency during a structure fire
Inside Health 34 – UC Davis Fire’s mobile approach to non-emergent support and service navigation
One person died after being struck a quarter of a mile away by one of the canisters from the Clinton Township fire
Kill Devil Hills Assistant Chief Tommy Lee had served with the department for 51 years
Six firefighters were injured in a crash while responding to a structure fire in Butler Township
The fires in Allston and Dorchester injured a few firefighters and displaced several occupants
Surveillance video shows the fire engine swerving to avoid hitting an SUV, then crashing into a Rockville Center store
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- Tenn. FF dies from heart attack shortly after answering emergency call
- Los Angeles debuts 911 mental health pilot program
- Book excerpt – ‘Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response’
- Video: N.J. FF remains hospitalized after 2-engine collision
- Maine bill would allow some first responder suicides to be classified as line-of-duty deaths