Firefighters Are Not Robots: Why Sleep Needs To Become Part of the Culture
There was a picture I saw recently with a quote from Abraham Lincoln that really hit home for me: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I’ll…
firefighter mental health
The Stuff You Can’t Unsee: Protecting Your Mental Health as a Firefighter
People always ask me the same questions:“How do you run into a burning building?”“Don’t you get scared climbing the ladder?”“How do you handle all that stress on your body?” Truth…
We’re Not Robots: A Message from One First Responder to Another
I’ve been in the fire service for a while now working as a firefighter EMT, side by side with brothers and sisters who wear many hats. Some of us are…
