Firefighters face a number of unique and dangerous challenges throughout their daily lives. From smoke inhalation to the potential for death to occur, the role of a firefighter is [...]
We all love indulging in junk food from time to time, but it will not help performance on the fire and rescue scene. Better performance and physique start in [...]
Firefighters and first responders face an intimidating variety of incidents, with some having the potential for fatal injury. Natural disasters are relatively infrequent, whereas man-caused terrorism events are difficult [...]
Firefighters put their lives and health on the line to protect their community. However, when it comes to injuries sustained, those in this line of work can come to [...]
Your fire department may or may not have implemented a health and wellness program. If yours does, how are you managing it? If yours doesn’t, how are you going [...]
Injuries are inevitable both on and off the fireground. Even the most prepared firefighter will face situations that cause trauma to the body, and the body can only take [...]
Facilitating high morale in tough economic times is a real challenge for any fire service organization. There have been common themes in what hurts morale in fire departments. Take [...]
Unfortunately, all firefighting operations have to consider the possibility of theft or other crimes coming from within the department. Firefighters of all ranks have managed to shame the good [...]
Firefighters need high energy, so what happens when the enthusiasm dies? Those suffering from burnout have depleted energy and emotional exhaustion, are more prone to illness, have increased depersonalization [...]
There are many hazards that firefighters face on the job, and one of them is a lack of air. Given the nature of fires and how they behave, breathing [...]
