Off Duty

How hobbies reduce first responders' stress

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Being a public safety professional can be very rewarding ... but it can also be very stressful

'Just instinct': Retired N.Y. firefighter helps put out blaze on Spirit Airlines flight

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Rocco Chierichella and some Spirit crewmembers doused the overhead compartment with water and fire extinguisher spray

Webinar: Beyond 1403 – Simple ways to exceed the standard

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Tips for enhancing your live-fire training, focusing on factors like ALS transport, hoseline deployment, gpms, interior and exterior safety officers, and more

Viral TikTok video by off-duty S.C. providers helps raise $265K+ for elderly Domino's driver

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Central Berkeley EMT Lacey Klein's video of Barbara Gillespie, 72, touched many after Gillespie fell near Klein's front door while delivering pizza

Off-duty Ind. FF-medic, Md. medic jump in to help after New Orleans shooting

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Justin Tallman stayed with a patient until New Orleans EMS providers arrived and said local police established a perimeter quickly

'Just going for it': Off-duty Wash. firefighter-EMT helps treat man after I-90 car crash

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Patrick Moore put the man's car in park and shut the engine off, an AMR crew removed the driver from the car, and Moore performed chest compressions

Ga. fire captain heading to work stops to help hit-and-run victim lying in road

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Gwinnett County Captain Chris Bilik positioned his vehicle to block traffic and called 911; a second firefighter also rendered aid until EMS providers arrived

Good Samaritans treat FF-medic who went into cardiac arrest at Ohio gym

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"They rushed over," said Anderson Township Fire Department member Curtis Yuskewich

4 firefighters who won big on reality TV (and others who got close)

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A couple of service members won $1 million each, and one found lasting love

Vacationing Ohio firefighter-paramedic helps treat Hawaii firefighter who started drowning

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Bay Village's Jeremy Gillespie ran over and helped responders perform CPR on Maui Firefighter Tre Evans-Dumaran

Ariz. FF-medic sees driver having medical emergency, positions FD truck to be crashed into

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"She was possibly going to go off the road, hit another car, another person, or worse," said Josh Milne with Gilbert Fire and Rescue

Off-duty N.C. firefighter struck by car while helping stranded motorist

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Guil-Rand Firefighter Forrest Ralph Harrell was trying to help a man with a stalled SUV

Off-duty S.C. firefighter saves man in cardiac arrest at gym

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"The man grunted, fluttered his eyelids," said Lt. Adam Jordan after he used an AED on the collapsed man. "I talked to him a little bit, I said, 'Welcome back.'"