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.
The St. Tammany Fire Protection District pilot program will use a behavioral health center specialist for crisis calls
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Florence Fire Rescue Engineer-EMT Kevin Darby and his family have received more than $3,700 in donations
A Colorado Springs officer and a paramedic held Kevin Dizmang on the ground after they saw him walking in the middle of a street, speaking unintelligibly
Hundreds of law enforcement officers and about 200 firefighters will be on hand, and two emergency medical tents will be in place
Coral Springs public safety service members have turned to therapy, peer counseling and charity work
“The eagle was officially grounded for the second time in one night,” wrote the Martin County Sheriff’s Office in an apparent reference to the Eagles’ Super Bowl loss earlier that night
Grant Calcaterra applied to be a firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department before returning to college football
At the NFL Honors on Thursday, first responders, trainers and the hospital staff who treated Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin were honored as he appeared on stage
State police said both sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the Route 9 incident
Boston Fire offered Duxbury Fire Department its Critical Incident Stress Management team to help the responders and their families
Both responders were transported to an area hospital with injuries, but no other details have been released
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Heavy equipment was needed to breach the concrete structure for ventilation
The FirstNet Health and Wellness Coalition supports initiatives that turn post-traumatic stress into growth
The U.S. fire administrator touted the work of the Fire and Life Safety Communicator’s Initiative and the collaborative effort to focus on the fire service’s messaging challenges through #FireServiceOneVoice
West Milford Fire Chief Edward Steines collapsed at home the morning after responding to a train fire
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Mt. Juliet officials say police officers rushed the injured firefighter to the hospital in a patrol car
Risk management expert and Lexipol co-founder Gordon Graham offers action steps for after a theft has occurred and how to prevent one in the future
The Amber Ribbon Report identifies and defines the roles and standards for service and support dogs
Despite the frequency and severity of head injuries, little guidance exists for examining potential neurologic deficits throughout a firefighter’s career
The battalion chief addresses a worrying statistic about the impact of stress level on firefighters’ day-to-day work
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