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Washington Legislature Adds Funding for Assessment and Training to Firefighter Workers' Compensation Law

New FIRST Center Research Reveals Differences in Mental Health Workers' Compensation Presumption Laws for First Responders

FIRST Announces 9th Class of FIRE Fellows

FIRST Center's First-Ever Doctoral Student Defends Her Thesis

See Something, Do Something

FIRST Awarded New FEMA Funding to 'FOCUS' on Combination, Volunteer Fire and Rescue Departments

New Study Reveals Mental and Physical Harm to EMS Responders from Workplace Violence

RAPID Mental Health Study Raises Concern for First Responders

'They literally beat me for 2 minutes': Firefighters say assaults against them on the rise

FIRST Hires Former Philadelphia Fire Department EMS Commissioner to Lead DEI Effort

FIRST Selects 8th Class of FIRE Fellows

FIRST Center's Alexandra Fisher Promoted to Project Manager

New Workplace Violence Policy Recommendations to Protect Fire-Based EMS Providers

FIRST Receives Delta Omega Innovative Public Health Curriculum "Honorable Mention" for FIRE Fellowship

FIRST Receives Funding for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Fire and Rescue Service

Student Spotlight - FIRST hosts their 7th annual summer FIRE Fellowship

Size Matters in Fire Department Safety Climate

FIRST Center's Andrea Davis Promoted to Associate Director

FIRST Honors Veteran Fire Commissioner During Patch Ceremony

FIRST Hosts 7th Annual Fellowship

Essex Fire Department Participates in National Mental Health Study

FIRST Announces Partnership with FDSOA, States of Washington and Ohio to Take Fire Service Safety Culture Science to the Streets

'Medicine is an unstable field': Jefferson shooting reveals precarity of hospital work

How a Racist Scandal at the F.D.N.Y. Led to Its Biggest Suspensions Ever

FIRST Hosts 6th Annual Fellowship

Applying Occupational Health and Health Communications Principles Outside the Classroom

Drexel study examines COVID-19 stress impacting first responders

The 24/48 Podcast with Guest, Dr. Jennifer Taylor

Examining Work Environments and Safety for First Responders Amid a Pandemic

Addressing EMS' 9/11: First Responder Data Organization Conducts RAPID Mental Health Assessment During COVID-19 Pandemic

Researcher from Drexel University Named to Fire Service Data Organization Board of Directors

FIRST Celebrates 5 Years of Fellowship

FIRST and FDSOA are Taking Safety Culture to the Street with FOCUSv2.0

FIRST Announces the 2019 Class of FIRE Fellows

Taking Fire Service Safety Culture Science to the Streets: FOCUS 2.0

Get the new tool to FOCUS your department on a safer culture

Drexel Awarded $1.5M Grant to Study Stress and Violence in fire-based EMS

48 Seconds for Occupational Health Surveillance

Grant Funding Provides Second Class of FIRE Fellows

New Partnerships to Assess Fire Service Culture

FIRST Announces the Inaugural Class of FIRE Fellows

Research by the FIRST Project Characterizes Situational Pressures that Influence Firefighters' Decision Making about Personal Protective Equipment

Banged Up & Burned Out: Assaults by Patients Against Paramedics & EMTs