Firefighter Isai Huerta has passed away following a trailer fire on Sunday. He served his community for nine years. Let’s ...

Cancer has emerged as one of the top threats to the health of fire service members in recent years. Perhaps more frighteningly, cancer can develop many years after we leave the fire service. Current ...

IN A SPECIAL MEDICAL REPORT, FIREFIGHTERS PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY. IT IS A DANGEROUS JOB. AND, TRAGICALLY, LINE OF DUTY DEATHS HAPPEN. AS MINDY BASARA REPORTS, MANY OF THESE DEATHS HAVE ...

For fire departments across the country, wellness is no longer a nice-to-have program—it’s an operational imperative. Healthy firefighters make better decisions in one of the most physically and ...

Melissa Furlong is an assistant professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and a member of the Center for Firefighter Health Collaborative Research. Researchers at the University ...

John P. Smith, DO, performing a screening. Many of the toxins firefighters are exposed to are filtered through the kidneys. That’s why urologic evaluations are critical parts of comprehensive cancer ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health found that firefighters who battled the massive urban fires in the Los Angeles area in January 2025 developed ...