FireSQ Fitness Blog
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FireSQ Fitness
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
#Spring4Change
Through the power of connection, divine intervention and social media, I’ve become friends with Elgin, Illinois Firefighter Chris Marella. Chris owns and operates 4th Shift Fitness, which is a business that aims to educate and train fire service personnel to increase their durability and decrease the potential for injuries and their associated costs. As fellow team members of the Illinois Firefighter Peer Support Team, we recognized the need to increase awareness about Fire
FireSQ Fitness
- Dec 13, 2019
- 2 min
#DevoteDecember Update
We’re 13 days into December and #devotedecember is gaining remarkable traction. Chris and I are so pleased that Firefighter and EMS suicide awareness is widening. Thank you so much to everyone that has participated, reached out, reposted, shared and asked questions. We appreciate you all! We’ve both met some great new allies and some remarkable humans along this journey. We are grateful for your support and for standing shoulder to shoulder with us to fight. We’d like to
FireSQ Fitness
- Nov 29, 2019
- 3 min
#DevoteDecember
Life was easier when my friend and colleague Chris Marella (4th Shift Fitness) was studying for the Lt’s examination. He was quiet then. Distracted with studying. Dare I say…. docile??? Things are different now. His mind never stops running and I receive almost daily messages about things we should be doing. A few weeks ago, is a good example. Within a few hundred texts and 15 minutes we’d brainstormed an initiative to help bring awareness to the plight of Firefighter and EMS
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