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Highlights Examined factors that contribute to likelihood of death among veterans with COVID-19. Retrospective chart reviews were conducted on 440 SARS-CoV-2 positive veterans. Older age and male gender increased risk of death. Further, immunodeficiency, endocrine, and pulmonary diseases increased risk of death. Notably, lifetime tobacco use predicted veteran mortality above and beyond these variables.

Objective Firefighters represent an understudied population with high rates of chronic exposure to stress and potentially traumatic events. Thus, there is a need to identify modifiable resilience factors to address posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms (PTSD) and chronic pain in firefighters to inform prevention and intervention efforts. Methods The current sample included 155 firefighters (93.5% male; Mage = 42.2, SD = 9.8) recruited online from career, volunteer, and combination (i.e., volunteer and career) departments in a large metropolitan area in the southern United States. Results Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to investigate the associations between/among resilience and hope on PTSD symptoms, chronic pain, well‐being, and posttraumatic growth (PTG). Resilience had a stronger, negative relationship with PTSD and chronic pain compared to hope, while hope had a stronger, positive relationship with PTG and well‐being compared to resilience. Hope and resilience combined predicted 10%–33% of the variance in the outcomes. Conclusion The current findings may provide evidence to promote interventions that increase resilience and hope in firefighters.