FIREFIGHTERS

A 30-mile relay for police, fire, and EMS teams moves to Ventura, California on Oct. 12, with this year's field roughly doubling in size.

A Marin County firefighter is training for the NYC Marathon to raise money for families of first responders killed in the line of duty.

A retired firefighter and EMT built a first-of-its-kind obstacle race in Central New York, testing the skills of the job through 30 first-responder-inspired challenges.

A first-time obstacle race at Green Lakes State Park puts entrants through challenges modeled on real first-responder work.

Ahead of 9/11's 25th anniversary, a nationwide stair-climbing movement called #ForThe343 has logged more than 100,000 flights in tribute to the firefighters lost that day and since.

St. Petersburg College is launching a free, peer-built mental health resiliency course for police, fire, EMS, corrections, and dispatch personnel.

A new study of 838 firefighters finds crews led by physically fit captains and lieutenants score higher on readiness tests than crews without that example.