Fitness & Health
Many first responders avoid connection, but connecing with and confiding in someone who cares about us is proven to reduce stress
FITNESS IN FOCUS
The Saratoga County team’s goal is to help firefighters, EMS providers and police with mental health needs as soon as possible after critical incidents
South Montgomery and Spring FD crews rescued a man from the dangling big rig; and EMS providers transported the critically injured box truck operator
Watch as Georgetown Fire Department’s fire dog, Koda, happily lets the stranded member inside
Dale Melanson’s helmet has visited more than two dozen departments so far
The Cronomer Valley crewmember was flown to a hospital
William Hammond continues fighting for the full benefits package including a $25,000 lump sum
The Long Beach Fire Department said the class was going through live fire training and the blast happened in the structure’s basement as operations began
The exemption would have applied to the value of a property worth between $100,000 and $150,000
Focus your discussions instead on when and where to mask up, how to deploy the hoseline, and what should occur in rehab
Calvert Volunteer Fire Department Chief Everette Watson was picking up supplies for a training drill when he suffered a medical emergency
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Fairfax County police said one victim may have sustained life-threatening injuries; all 8 were transported to a hospital
Monterey Park Fire Chief Matthew Hallock said grief counselors and peer support have helped along with the knowledge that lives were saved
The blaze injured 3 firefighters and 3 EMS providers while destroying DNA evidence
Inmates said they were “mocked and ignored” when they told their supervisors of what would later be determined as second-degree burns and blisters
Documents show Kansas City’s civil rights department investigated and substantiated her complaints that her supervisor “taunted and terrorized her”
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