Oregon’s wildfire season is expected to continue through this month, but the mental scares and impact of the season on the firefighters who battle blazes near Cottage Grove and across the state, and their families, may last a lifetime, according to Jeff Dill, the founder of Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA). Dill established the FBHA...Read More
FIREFIGHTER of Fire Brigade Department of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) was found dead in suspicious circumstances at the muddy area by Kurud Road in Kohka, Bhilai. The police said that it appeared to be the case of suicide in view of statements of eyewitnesses and prevailing circumstances. The police have ruled out the possibility of...Read More
DENVER — An assistant chief in the Denver Fire Department was fired last month after he brought an AR-15 rifle to a public park and loaded the gun during a mental health crisis in March, according to a disciplinary letter obtained by The Denver Post on Wednesday. The city of Denver fired former Assistant Chief...Read More
The Palm Coast Fire Department is mourning the loss of Zachary Shane Mahaney, a 43-year-old former firefighter who spent a year with the department until last June. He died by a self-inflicted gunshot on Sept. 25 or 26 in Ormond Beach after going missing from his parents’ home on Sept. 25. Mahaney, the father of...Read More
MASON CITY, Iowa. – Lorena and Scott Bergan started Kaitlin’s Heart For Heroes to offer mental health resources to Iowa first responders. After serving as a volunteer firefighter and paramedic in Iowa and Tennessee, Kaitlin Bergan took her own life at the age of 27 after losing her fiancé and battling with PTSD. Her fiancé, Jason, was on...Read More
A Winnipeg firefighter who died by suicide earlier this year — whose death has since been deemed a result of workplace injury — was among those honoured during the Manitoba fallen firefighter memorial ceremony on Saturday. Dozens attended the ceremony at Memorial Park where five additional firefighters who also died in the line of duty were...Read More
