Safety & Health

The Firehouse.com Safety & Health product category is a collection of information, product listings for researching various firefighter safety and health resources, including PPE, SCBA, rehab, fitness, behavioral and mental health, accountability and firefighter tracking and safety wear options.
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The Firehouse Yak: Steve Baker
July 22, 2025
Peter Matthews talks with Assistant Chief Steve Baker about the moment that changed his life and the interactions that led him to assess his mental health.
Loudoun County Fire Rescue
Sterling Firefighter Trevor Brown
July 21, 2025
Sterling Firefighter Trevor Brown, 45, was killed in a 2024 explosion tied to a leaking underground tank.
Harris Funeral Home
East Branch Fire Department Assistant Chief Jason McGlone LODD
July 20, 2025
Assistant Chief Jason McGlone responded with an East Branch Fire Department pumper to a crash when he was electrocuted.
Photos by Aaron Zamzow
firefighter hip mobility balance and control Aaron Zamzow
July 17, 2025
Aaron Zamzow explains how flexibility exercises, dynamic stretching and movements, and strengthening exercises help to make hips flexible, so firefighters can maintain balance...
Injured firefighter Tysdal escorted to rehab center
July 16, 2025
Fellow firefighters lined the halls as Coeur d'Alene Engineer David Tysdal was discharged and escorted the ambulance to the airport.