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A new weapon for Firefighters war on Heart Disease
Heart disease kills more on-duty firefighters than anything else — and it is definitely linked to emergency duties, a Harvard study shows. Most people think firefighters’ biggest death threats are fires and collapsing buildings. But over the last 30 years it’s been shown that 45% of firefighters’ on-duty deaths come from heart disease. Over these last…
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Snacking around the Firehouse
Everyone (especially around the firehouse) loves a good snack. But what actually is a “good” snack. If you ask some, they will define a good snack as something that tastes great but doesn’t fill you up like a meal. If your stomach starts rumbling and lunch is still two hours away, you’re going to need…
Read MoreThe Importance of a Strong Core for Firefighters, EMTs and Paramedics
Each year, tens of thousands of Firefighters, EMTs and Paramedics are injured while fighting fires, responding to incidents, transporting patients and training for the job. While a majority of the injuries are minor, a significant number are debilitating and career-ending. Of these debilitating injuries almost 50% have to do with low back pain and a…
Read MoreFirefighters…the ultimate athlete?
As a firefighter (paramedic and emt included), you train to mitigate the risks that you are sure to face on the job. Your fitness cannot be a liability, it must be on par with the skills you have spent so much time learning. Like an athlete, you must be game ready at all times. What…
Read MoreGet fit for duty, stay fit for duty.
Train like your life depends on it…because it does. I’m sure you’ve heard that slogan before either at a seminar or around the firehouse. What exactly does it mean? In the context of this website we (I) mean that every fireifghter, emt, and paramedic should look at their level of fitness as another tool like…
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