Therapy and crisis support are essential, but fewer firefighters would need them if more effort was put into building ...

Dec. 17—Firefighters are going to school at Dominican University of California in San Rafael to engage in a unique training program geared toward high-stress, demanding professions.

Peter Matthews urges firefighters, officers and chiefs to recognize the importance of keeping tabs on their and their fellow members' mental well-being during National Stress Awareness Month and ...

His work is unpredictable and dangerous. For him and many wildland firefighters like him, the stress is compounded by the uncertainty surrounding the future of wildland firefighter pay.

Cognitive fatigue can impair firefighters' attention, decision making, reaction times, and emotional regulation.

[1] “This is it… this is our normal”-the voices of family members and first responders experiencing duty-related trauma in Ireland ...

Vanessa Livi and Jason Stanford visited the Boardman main fire station on Market Street on Wednesday morning to deliver a ...

Pictures accompanying Professor John Abatzoglou’s presentation on the 2025 fire season were blurry. That was intentional, he ...

Her initial discrimination lawsuit concluded in 2016, with a jury awarding her $806,000. The city appealed the decision and ...

Standing amid the smoke and steam and wet debris, the other firefighters would shut off their oxygen tanks and pull off their face masks. But not Firefighter Reen. The other guys ribbed him as ...

Jo soon launched the 'Chip Terry Fund' to help first responders and their families get help, offering resources, emotional support, and funding towards a revolutionary shot called a stellate ganglion ...