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More police officers die by suicide than in line-of-duty, data shows
WKRN articles via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSince 2018, a total of 15 Tennessee firefighters and law enforcement officers have died by suicide,...
First Responder Suicide Awareness Walk to be held Sunday starting at Braintree High School
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBRAINTREE – A First Responder Suicide Awareness Walk will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday beginning at...
Today is National First Responders Day - First Responder Peer Support Program
WJAX via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 2017, Congress designated October, 28, as National First Responders Day - a day devoted to...
Riviera unveils new $20 million fire station as part of widespread infrastructure plan
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRiviera Beach symbolically pulled off the tarp on a new, $20 million fire station, one of a string...
NH to provide line-of-duty death benefits when first responders die by suicide
The Keene Sentinel, N.H. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 19—The suicide of a first responder will be considered a line-of-duty death eligible for associated family benefits under a bill recently signed into law. Traumatic stress faced by law-enforcement ...
Experts: Firefighters’ drug problems illustrate larger-scale need to help first responders
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhile excessive drinking is still vastly more common in the fire service than drug addiction, the...
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week acknowledges America’s public safety telecommunicators...
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNational Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW) spotlights public safety telecommunicators for...
The Recharge Room will be a ‘game changer’ for first responders, founder hopes
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoHe was a serial entrepreneur for most of his adult life, always in the health and wellness arena. But when Rich Ganely was approached by the Town of Gilbert for advice on how to improve health ...
Matter of life or death: Yuba City firefighters take part in early detection cancer testing
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAug. 1—This week, Yuba City firefighters have been able to take advantage of a testing program that is intended to help detect early signs of cancer to get ahead of an issue that profoundly ...
Law enforcement officers' gun deaths higher this year than in 2021
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThirty-three law enforcement officers died in the line of duty as a result of shootings in the first...