Since its inception, the NFFF has traditionally supported projects that serve its goals of honoring fallen firefighters, providing resources to survivors, and reducing firefighter deaths and injuries. Through its work in educating the firefighter community about health and disease prevention, the NFFF identified a broader need for all first responders — firefighters, law enforcement, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and other people who provide emergency services — to have access to and receive training in addressing common health, wellness and injury issues that arise due to the unique and important nature of their work. Identifying that gap in the education available to the first responder community as a whole led the NFFF to form the FRCE in 2016.

The FRCE is committed to promoting quality educational awareness and research in five main programmatic areas:

• Cancer Prevention and Awareness
• Behavioral Health
• Cardiac
• General Health and Wellness
• Firefighter Physical Initiative

MISSION STATEMENT

The FRCE is committed to promoting quality educational awareness and research to reduce physical, emotional, and psychological health and wellness issues for first responders.

VISION STATEMENT

The FRCE will deliver quality educational materials and factual research through a network of professionals who are committed to reducing first responder injuries and deaths through a common set of core values.