Firefighter & EMS health research

Your health & safety deserve more than a hunch.

Science to the Station is a national nonprofit program that turns firefighter and EMS health research into free, plain-language resources, connects responders with the researchers who study them, and brings everyone together at an annual conference.

From the lab to the station.

Pick a topic and follow one real study from the journal to your crew.

Topic:

  1. Stop 1 · The study

    4-day treatment for PTSD, insomnia and nightmares

    Psychological Trauma · 2026A pilot feasibility randomized clinical trial of a culturally adapted accelerated group treatment...
    ABSTRACT

    A pilot randomized trial with 49 firefighters, published January 19, 2026.

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  2. Stop 2 · We translate it

    Breaking Science

    BREAKING SCIENCE4-day retreat for PTSD
    What changed after 4 days
    SCIENCE TO THE STATION

    What the trial found in plain language, what a pilot can and can't show, and the options available now.

    Read the breakdown >

  3. Stop 3 · Your crew uses it

    Breaking Science + support

    Talk about it
    What the trial foundTreatments available nowFire/EMS Helpline
    S2SFOR THE CREW

    Print the Breaking Science for the station board, and find crisis lines, peer support and counseling.

    Breaking Science (PDF) >Support list >

Want the whole story of one study, start to finish? Follow the PTSD trial from question to station.

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Science to the Station Conference 2027

Nerd Prom.

Researchers, clinicians, firefighters and EMS personnel back in the same room, this time in their best 80s prom wear. November 2-4, 2027 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Save the date >
Nerd Birds in 80s prom wear dancing under a mirror ball and balloon arch on a neon laser grid floor

Get involved

Most of what we do starts at a table like this one: responders and researchers working the same problem.

A Science to the Station workgroup meeting around a table
MembershipBecome a memberJoin the network of firefighters, EMS personnel, researchers and clinicians.Join > Workgroups & alliancesWork on what mattersTopic workgroups plus four alliances.See the groups > Speakers BureauBook a speakerBring the evidence to your conference, training day or department event.Meet the speakers >

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