Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often described as one of the invisible scars that firefighters and others accumulate after years of dealing with trauma in their jobs. Now the scars are ...

These events bring a tsunami of emotions for our firefighters as they reflect upon and recall the sights of devastation. When ...

The New Orleans Fire Department is remembering three brave men they say blazed their own trail within the department. Dwayne ...

Roughly 16% of all first responders reported thoughts of suicide, which is four times higher than the rate of the state’s general population.

Firefighters, fire investigators, law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians and registered nurses providing direct patient care can all file claims for PTSD if they have a diagnosis ...

JEROME — A relative of a man sentenced to prison Tuesday for sex crimes involving an underage girl wrote in a letter that he noticed a change in the defendant’s demeanor over the last few years. They ...

For a Marine Corps veteran and former firefighter, as well as a father battling cancer and PTSD, medical cannabis has been the key relief. After serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and later as a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jeffersontown Fire & EMS staff will soon get an extra day off in between shifts. Right now, ...

MILO the dog received his official Crisis Response vest from Wilmington Fire Chief Steve Mason, becoming the fifth dog in the ...

The traumatic events that firefighters, first responders and law enforcement workers witness can lead to severe mental health struggles in their daily lives. A 2023 study by the National Highway ...

WE HAVE A LOT OF RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAVE COME IN AND SAYING THAT THEY DO USE CANNABIS TO HELP TREAT THEIR PTSD, AND SOME OF THE STRESSES THAT THEY EXPERIENCE WHILE ON THE ...