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2010
07.12.2010 | You Are Invited to the NVFC Health and Wellness Advocate Workshop at Firehouse Expo
07.06.2010 | Put It Out Today for a Healthier Tomorrow
07.06.2010 | National Firefighter Health Week Resource Center Now Available
07.06.2010 | Enter the Fire House Cook-off
07.06.2010 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Summer Fruits and Veggies
07.06.2010 | A Burning Need for a Healthy Diet
07.06.2010 | Heart Fair Goes to New York and Oregon
06.28.2010 | NVFC Helps Firefighters “Put It Out”
06.02.2010 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Summer Health
06.01.2010 | Health Fair Goes Coast to Coast in June
06.01.2010 | National Mens Health Week is June 14-20
06.01.2010 | Safety Week is June 20-26
06.01.2010 | NVFC Seeks Director of Health and Safety
05.07.2010 | Safety, Health and Survival Week 2010: Fit for Duty
05.06.2010 | NVFC Named a Recipient of the Fire Service Safety Leadership Award
05.06.2010 | May is National Blood Pressure Education Month
05.06.2010 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Smoking Cessation
05.05.2010 | NVFC Receives Grant to Support Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
05.05.2010 | Be a Health and Wellness Advocate in Your Department
04.13.2010 | FDNNTV Highlights Heart-Healthy Firefighter Booth
04.07.2010 | Take the Pledge to Adopt the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
04.07.2010 | Wisconsin Health and Wellness Advocate Workshop a Great Success
04.07.2010 | The Pulse Revived for National Firefighter Health Week
04.07.2010 | Utilize the NVFC’s Health and Safety Priorities in Your Department
04.07.2010 | April is National Cancer Control Month
04.07.2010 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Alcohol Consumption
04.06.2010 | NVFC Receives Grant to Support Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
03.02.2010 | Build a Healthy Foundation During National Nutrition Month
03.02.2010 | Inspire Others with Your 2009 National Firefighter Health Week Success Story
03.02.2010 | Reminder: Visit Us at a Trade Show Near You
03.02.2010 | Heart-Healthy Tips: American Diabetes Alert Day
02.03.2010 | Adopt the Program Celebrates One Year of Health and Wellness
02.03.2010 | Provisional Report Shows a Decrease in On-Duty Firefighter Deaths in 2009
02.03.2010 | NVFC Announces Theme, Daily Topics for 2010 National Firefighter Health Week
02.03.2010 | February is American Heart Month
02.03.2010 | Get Screened at the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Booth This March
02.03.2010 | NVFC Health and Safety Priorities Featured on Fire Department Network News
02.03.2010 | Get Connected!
02.03.2010 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Eating Well
01.05.2010 | NVFC Releases 2010 Trade Show Schedule
01.05.2010 | Save the Date: National Firefighter Health Week is August 16-20
01.05.2010 | Make Plans Now for American Heart Month
01.05.2010 | “Put It Out” For a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle
01.05.2010 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Stay Active with Winter Walking
2009
12.01.2009 | Give the Gift of Good Health this Holiday Season
12.01.2009 | NVFC Staff Walk for Heart Disease
12.01.2009 | Report Finds Only 25 Percent of Adults Aged 50-64 Get Recommended Preventive Screenings
12.01.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Managing Holiday Stress
11.04.2009 | NVFC Named Start! Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association
11.04.2009 | Great American Smokeout is November 19: Quit Today for a Healthier Tomorrow
11.04.2009 | Staying Healthy During a Flu Pandemic
11.04.2009 | November is American Diabetes Month
11.04.2009 | Heart-Healthy Firefighter Cookbook Makes Healthy Holiday Eating Easy
11.04.2009 | Majority of Americans Not Meeting Recommendations for Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
11.04.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Autumn Health and Safety Planning Guide
10.07.2009 | Enjoy Healthy Thanksgiving Cooking with the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Cookbook
10.06.2009 | USFA Releases 2008 Firefighter Fatality Report
10.06.2009 | Sign up for a Start! Heart Walk Today
10.06.2009 | Prudhoe Bay Crews Rise to Fitness Challenge
10.06.2009 | Mental Illness Awareness Week is October 4-10
10.06.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Healthy Lung Month
10.05.2009 | Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Application Period Now Open
09.02.2009 | Maintain Your Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Throughout the Year
09.02.2009 | Share Your National Firefighter Health Week Story
09.02.2009 | Securing Sponsors for Your Department Health and Wellness Program
09.02.2009 | Register Now for the Heart of America Emergency Services Games
09.02.2009 | September is National Preparedness Month: Are You Ready?
09.02.2009 | New Study Recommends Reduced Intake of Added Sugars
09.02.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Eat More Whole Grains
08.04.2009 | National Firefighter Health Week is August 17-21
08.04.2009 | Visit the NVFC Booth at Fire-Rescue International
08.03.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Consume Less Sodium
08.03.2009 | Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually
07.07.2009 | NVFC Partners with Firehouse.com to Release Health and Safety Podcasts
07.07.2009 | Visit the NVFC Booth at Firehouse Expo
07.07.2009 | Keep It Strong During National Firefighter Health Week, August 17-21
07.06.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Meeting Your Daily Water Needs
07.06.2009 | Oxnard (CA) Firefighters Participate in Heart Attack Study
07.06.2009 | President Obama Signs Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
06.02.2009 | NVFC Hosts Firefighter Focus Groups in Maryland
06.02.2009 | NVFC Partners with Firehouse.com to Release Heart-Healthy Podcasts for Safety Week, June 14-20
06.02.2009 | Register Now to Get “ON THE MOVE”
06.02.2009 | Visit the NVFC Booth at Firehouse Expo
06.02.2009 | National Men’s Health Week is June 15-21
06.02.2009 | Heart-Healthy Firefighter Cookbook Makes Great Gift
06.02.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Your Guide to a Heart-Healthy Summer
05.07.2009 | Visit the NVFC Booth at Fire Expo
05.07.2009 | Get “ON THE MOVE” This June
05.07.2009 | Staying Healthy During a Flu Pandemic
05.07.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: American Stroke Month
05.06.2009 | NVFC Health and Safety Committee Participates in Focus Group on Firefighter Health
04.29.2009 | NVFC Releases H1N1 Flu Resource Center
04.24.2009 | Take Responsibility for your Health and Safety During Safety Week 2009
03.20.2009 | NVFC Partners with Pfizer to Help Firefighters Quit Smoking
03.02.2009 | Visit the NVFC at FDIC
03.02.2009 | NVFC Establishes Volunteer Firefighter Health and Safety Priorities
03.02.2009 | Heart-Healthy, Reduced-Calorie Diets Promote Long-term Weight Loss
03.02.2009 | March 24 is American Diabetes Alert Day: Are You at Risk?
03.02.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: National Nutrition Month
02.03.2009 | February is American Heart Month
02.03.2009 | Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Application Period Now Open
02.03.2009 | NVFC Partners with Pfizer to Help Firefighters Quit Smoking
02.03.2009 | Adopt the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
02.03.2009 | Fire Department Keeps Running to Honor Fallen Firefighters
02.03.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Know the Signs and Symptoms of a Heart Attack
01.15.2009 | Adopt the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
01.15.2009 | Take the Fired Up For Fitness Challenge
01.15.2009 | NVFC Releases Resource to Help Departments Obtain Sponsors for Health and Wellness Programs
01.15.2009 | Provisional Report Shows Decrease in Number of Line-of-duty Deaths Due to Heart Attack
01.15.2009 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Stay Clear of Cold and Flu
2008
12.11.2008 | NVFC Heart-Healthy Firefighter Work Group Meets
12.11.2008 | NVFC Heart-Healthy Firefighter Cookbook Wins Award
12.11.2008 | Support the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program When You Purchase EKHO Heart Rate Monitors
12.11.2008 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Holiday Health and Safety Tips
11.04.2008 | NVFC Employee Wellness Initiative Recognized in Forbes Magazine Supplement
11.04.2008 | NVFC Releases Updated Health and Wellness Guide
11.04.2008 | NVFC Staff Walk for Heart Disease
11.04.2008 | Great American Smokeout is November 20: Make a Plan to Quit
11.04.2008 | November is National Diabetes Month
11.04.2008 | Enjoy Healthy Holiday Cooking with the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Cookbook
11.04.2008 | EKHO Heart Rate Monitors Donates Portion of Proceeds to the NVFC
11.04.2008 | Heart-Healthy Tips: You Can Quit Smoking
10.07.2008 | Honor Fallen Firefighters By Protecting Your Health
10.07.2008 | Adopt the Program Resources Now Available
10.07.2008 | NVFC Hosts Second Successful Health and Fitness Advocate Workshop
10.07.2008 | October is Healthy Lung Month
10.07.2008 | EKHO Donates Portion of Proceeds to the NVFC
10.07.2008 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Breaking Through Barriers to Getting Active
08.29.2008 | USFA Report: Heart Attack Remains Leading Cause of Firefighter Deaths
08.29.2008 | NVFC Establishes Staff Health and Fitness Program
08.29.2008 | National Firefighter Health Week Wrap-Up: Stay Heart-Healthy Year Round with the NVFC
08.29.2008 | NVFC Hosts First Health and Fitness Advocate Workshop
08.29.2008 | NVFC Reaches Thousands at FRI with Message of Heart-Health
08.29.2008 | Heart-Healthy Tips: Managing and Preventing Stress for Emergency Responders
08.15.2008 | NVFC Releases National Firefighter Health Week Podcast
08.09.2008 | 2nd Annual National Firefighter Health Week is August 18-22
08.09.2008 | NVFC Launches Health and Fitness Advocate Program
08.09.2008 | Get Screened At the NVFC Booth During Fire-Rescue International
08.09.2008 | NVFC and EKHO Heart Rate Monitors Partner for Firefighter Wellness
08.09.2008 | Heart-Healthy Tips: 13 Ways to Cool Down Your Summer Workout
07.08.2008 | NVFC Booth to Feature Health Screenings, Firehouse Chef at Firehouse Expo
07.07.2008 | NVFC Launches Health and Fitness Advocate Pilot Program
07.07.2008 | NVFC, Johns Hopkins Research Project Receives FEMA Grant
07.01.2008 | Fired Up For Fitness Challenge Temporarily Unavailable
07.01.2008 | NVFC Launches Health and Fitness Advocate Pilot Program
07.01.2008 | NVFC, Johns Hopkins Research Project Receives FEMA Grant
06.03.2008 | Fire/EMS Safety, Health, and Survival Week is June 22-28
06.02.2008 | NVFC Booth Has Another Successful Show
05.06.2008 | NVFC and USFA Release Report on Emerging Health and Safety Issues in the Volunteer Fire Service
05.06.2008 | Get Screened At the NVFC Booth During Fire Expo
05.06.2008 | May is American Stroke Month
05.05.2008 | Fired Up For Fitness Challenge Temporarily Unavailable
04.15.2008 | Share Your National Firefighter Health Week Activity Ideas
04.14.2008 | NVFC Screens Hundreds at FDIC
03.31.2008 | Get Screened at NVFC Booth During FDIC
03.04.2008 | NVFC Heart-Healthy Firefighter Work Group Meets
03.04.2008 | NVFC Booth To Feature Health Screenings, Firehouse Chef at FDIC
03.04.2008 | Eat For Heart-Health During National Nutrition Month®
02.05.2008 | February is American Heart Month
02.05.2008 | Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program featured in Newsweek Special Health Section
02.05.2008 | Provisional Report Shows Heart Attack Remains Leading Cause of On-Duty Firefighter Deaths
01.08.2008 | NVFC and EKHO Heart Rate Monitors have Teamed Up for Firefighter Wellness
01.04.2008 | The Heart-Healthy Cookbook Wins Award in 2007 TRENDS All-Media Contest
2007
11.15.2007 | NVFC Heart-Healthy Program Featured on D.C's Fox 5 News Midday
11.09.2007 | Second Edition of Heart-Healthy Firefighter Cookbook Now Available
10.23.2007 | NVFC Awarded Grant for Next Phase of Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
10.23.2007 | Heart-Healthy Staff Attends the Alaska State Firefighters Association Conference
09.18.2007 | USFA Releases 2006 Firefighter Fatality Report
09.18.2007 | Heart-Healthy Program Launches New Booth at Fire-Rescue International
07.27.2007 | NVFC To Launch National Firefighter Health Week
06.14.2007 | Heart-Healthy Challenge Winners Announced
05.15.2007 | Order Your Copy of the Heart-Healthy Firefighter Cookbook
05.10.2007 | Sign Up for the New Heart-Healthy Firefighter Newsletter, The Pulse
05.09.2007 | NVFC Teaches First Responders How to Stay Heart-Healthy at FDIC
04.05.2007 | NVFC Conducts Workshop, Screenings at CFSI Seminars
04.04.2007 | Heart-Healthy Work Group Meets
04.04.2007 | Study Finds Firefighters Have Greater Heart Risk While Responding To Emergencies
04.02.2007 | NFL Player Erron Kinney Promotes Heart-Health at Firehouse World
04.01.2007 | February is American Heart Month!
02.01.2007 | NVFC Promotes Heart-Health at Trade Shows
01.01.2007 | NVFC Participates in National Line-of-Duty Death Prevention Summit
2006
NVFC Releases 2007 Heart-Healthy Exhibit Schedule
NVFC's Heart-Healthy Program Provides Health Screenings, Cooking Demonstrations to Hundreds at FRI
Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program to Offer Free Screenings, Cooking Demonstrations at Fire Rescue International
USFA Reports 115 On-Duty Firefighter Fatalities in 2005
NVFC, Joe Montana Promote Heart-Health to Firefighters in Myrtle Beach
NVFC's Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program Reaches Hundreds at Firehouse Expo
NVFC Seeks Heart-Healthy Recipes for Cookbook
NVFC Offers Free Health Screenings, Cooking Demonstrations at Firehouse Expo
NVFC, Joe Montana and Novartis Team Up for Firefighter Health
NVFC To Offer Free Health Screenings at Fire Expo
NFL Player Erron Kinney Addresses NVFC Board
Heart-Healthy Program Promoted at CFSI Workshop
Firefighter Safety Stand Down Scheduled to Start June 21
NVFC Promotes Heart-Healthy Lifestyle at FDIC
NVFC Partners with Novartis
Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program Awarded $1 Million for Phase Four
See results from the first two years of the NVFC Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program to Offer Free Screenings, Demonstrations at FDIC
2005
USFA and NVFC Form Partnership to Enhance Health and Safety of the Volunteer Fire Service
NVFC Announces Erron Kinney of the Tennessee Titans to become NVFC Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program Spokesperson
National Volunteer Fire Council Announces Fired Up For Fitness Challenge Winner
National Volunteer Fire Council to Perform Free Health Screenings at Fire Rescue International
NVFC to Hold Grand Prize Drawing at Fire Rescue International
National Volunteer Fire Council Performs Free Health Screenings at Fire Expo
NVFC Heart-Healthy Program Releases Online Resource Guide
NVFC to Receive DHS Grant for Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
2004
Fireman's Fund Contributes $175,000 to National Volunteer Fire Council's Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
Medical Reserve Corps Teams Up with National Volunteer Fire Council on Heart-Healthy Firefighter Initiative
Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program to Launch Challenge at Firehouse World Conference
NVFC Screens 1,000 Firefighters at Fire Rescue International
NVFC Launches Heart-Healthy Firefighter Program
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