FireFighterNation

Jane Jerrard interviews Nick Gravina, a fit firefighter who suffered multiple heart stoppages due to a blood clot, but is back at work today. Gravina provides advice to firefighters on monitoring their own health.

Real-time monitoring of firefighters’ blood pressure, heart rate, posture, etc., is fast becoming a reality. But is the fire service prepared to integrate this technology when it becomes widely available?

One of the leading causes of death in the United States is heart attack caused by atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and it’s no surprise that this epidemic has affected the firefighting community. To help avoid this serious, if not fatal, health issue, and to improve your overall health, Michael Ong discusses three key changes you can make to your life right now, if you haven’t done them already.

Foster passed away in the hospital from a heart attack