Charity launches Healthy Joints Awareness Programme to combat top reason for absenteeism across UK fire services community
Fighting contamination
This article discusses the importance of thoroughly and consistently decontaminating firefighters’ kit, how the pandemic has thrown the subject into the spotlight and the ways we’re using technology to drive best practice. The equipment used by a firefighter, from personal…
Food on the Stove is changing the culture of health in Washington, D.C. firehouses
Month-long fitness and wellbeing charity campaign to support emergency services kicks off
Firefighters fight mental health problems
Is musculoskeletal pain putting the wellbeing and careers of firefighters at risk?
The heat of the moment: how yoga can help
If you were to ask any firefighter what springs to mind when considering how to improve wellbeing and fitness, it’s unlikely that yoga would be top of their list. Nevertheless, the benefits attainable from even a short, regular practice are…
Supporting Fire and Rescue Services’ mental health needs
The Fire Fighters Charity has long supported the mental health of individuals from across the UK’s fire services community, providing dedicated psychological therapy services to help its beneficiaries manage issues such as stress, anxiety and depression. We understand the short-…
The realities of firefighting and mental health
In June, the London Fire Brigade responded to one of the most tragic incidents the international fire service has witnessed in years. In the middle of the night, some 40 apparatus and hundreds of firefighters descended upon a 24-story apartment…