Depression, like fire, takes many forms Dr. Will Brooks for Firefighting in Canada July, 2008 Walk into any fire station and ask the crew if anyone has ever suffered from depression. Watch the result. In the average house, silence is the most probable response. Silence, averted glances and changes in body language, all of...Read More
Thanks to our partners at www.FireVideo.net for sharing this video with us. This video is from a Romanian Apparatus Crash that left 2 firefighters critically injured.Read More
THERE REALLY HAS NOT BEEN….a SCIENTIFIC AND RELIABLE system to track FIREFIGHTER INJURIES. UNTIL NOW….. USFA/DHS & Drexel University’s Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends (FIRST) project announces launches its new program: http://publichealth.drexel.edu/first The Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends (FIRST) Project is the initial step towards developing a comprehensive national system for capturing firefighter injuries. If...Read More
A Texas Volunteer Firefighter died in the Line of Duty yesterday at a wildland fire after he ran a stop sign and was struck by a pickup truck. The pickup, also operating at the scene, was operated by a Texas Game Warden. Firefighter Anthony Quinten Meyers, 38, was working the Jasper County fire when the ATV...Read More
A Texas Volunteer Firefighter died in the Line of Duty yesterday at a wildland fire after he ran a stop sign and was struck by a pickup truck. The pickup, also operating at the scene, was operated by a Texas Game Warden. Firefighter Anthony Quinten Meyers, 38, was working the Jasper County fire when the ATV...Read More
WhiteHouse Honors Suicide Prevention Resource Center NEWTON, MA |August 26, 2011 The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) was recently selected by theWhite House as a Champion of Change, part of President Obama’s Winning theFuture Across America initiative. On August 25th, SPRC Director Jerry Reed andAssociate Director Katie Wootten joined White House policy officials and othersfor...Read More
