If you were a firefighter during COVID-19, be sure to watch this documentary from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. It digs into the effects, from hardships to resilience, on firefighters and other first responders.
Across the fire service, wellness programs often start with good intentions but lack structure. The Blueprint for Firefighter Wellness & Peer Support shows how departments build trusted peer support with the privacy protections, structure and leadership insight needed to sustain firefighter wellness.
Cynthia Sato offers ideas for how firefighters who are a wife and/or mother can mitigate the weight of the multiple roles that they perform, for better mental well-being.
Stephen Mette tells how Pilates helps firefighters to increase core strength, flexibility and mobility, improve breath control, deliver better posture and less fatigue. and provide stress relief.
Joe Scheumann laments fire departments', officers' and firefighters' disregard—conscious or not—of safety standards that are designed to lessen—even eliminate—the long-term risk of cancer.
Utica Fire Fighters Local President Mark Nicoletta Jr. acknowledged the council member's apology and asked that the focus shift to proper funding for fire department needs.
