Insurance: A Paper Route to Wellness
Insurance can help promote your firefighters’ financial, mental, and behavioral health—plus learn about other value-added services that your insurance may offer to help your members thrive.
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Chew on This
Many of us know the shape and general purpose of our main organs such as the stomach, liver, gallbladder, and small and large intestines, but there are other, lesser-known stages of digestion that tend to happen under the radar.
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Stress Mitigation for Firefighters
Despite the reputation stress has, it remains an important aspect of optimal functioning. Therefore, the goal should not - and cannot - be the total elimination of stress.
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Allostatic Load vs. Total Training Load: What’s the Difference and Why Should You Care?
There are two types of “stress loads” that we might consider at different stages of our firefighting career. We will define and discuss stress related to “Allostatic Load” and “Total Training Load” and the impacts of these stressors in Recruit Academy, Operations, and Administration.
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Is it a Myth or Reality? Knee Injuries in Female Firefighters
When looking at injuries among firefighters over the last decade, we have seen a gradual decline in overall injuries (NFPA – Firefighter Injuries on the Fireground 2022). When looking at musculoskeletal injuries specifically, most might think that low back injuries account for the majority of recorded injuries. However, the lower extremity accounts for 19% of recorded injuries with the upper extremity accounting for 17%, the shoulder 12%, and the spine accounting for 3% (NFPA – Firefighter Injuries on the Fireground 2022). When looking at lower extremity injuries, the knee is the most injured joint.
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A 2023 Perspective on Female Firefighters and the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer
According to the U.S. Cancer Statistics, which shares the prevalence of different types of cancers, including all races, ethnicities and professions, female breast cancer was the #1 leading cause of new cancer cases in 2020.
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Response Time Matters
Like a fire, firefighters can catch cancer early to prevent its spread and increase survivability. Response Time Matters continues the momentum of causing a cultural shift in the fire service to address cancer risk and encourage timely medical attention.
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The Healthy Firefighting Heart
A fire doesn’t care if a firefighter is 20 years old or 60, male or female. The people needing to be saved don’t care either.
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On the first day, give them more than just knowledge
My first day on the job is one I will never forget. As green as a five-dollar bill, I was following my crew members around like a lost puppy. I was just trying to soak up as much as I could from the veterans so I didn’t mess up and do something embarrassing. Full of anxiety and fear of being judged as unworthy of my new position, I was trying to get through the day.
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You Can’t Be What You Can’t See: Women in Fire
It’s the classic firefighter stock image; a tall man dressed in red, walking through a fiery blaze. Meet Rachael Staebell and Khalilah Yancey; the female faces of a new MSA Safety campaign that are setting classic stock photos on fire.
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