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RESOURCES FOR RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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Trauma
Articles Supporting First Responders
Provides tools to reduce stress and effects of traumatic incidents
First Responder Support Network
Breathing & Relaxation Exercises
Resources to address a variety of issues facing First Responders
Status Code 4
Chronic Exposure and Depression
Chronic occupational exposures can influence the rate of PTSD and depressive disorders in first responders and military personnel
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Crisis Support Resources and Events
Provides crisis support for front line responders
Disaster Responder Assets Network
Crisis; Stress; Resilience Journal
Provides leadership; training; and support in crisis intervention and disaster behavioral health
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Inc
Critical Incident services and support.
Offers Critical Incident services and support to Law Enformcement in VA
Virginia Law Enforcement Assistance Program
Emotional Labor
Maintaining our emotional health equips us to function well in the role
International Academies of Emergency Dispatch
Finding My Way Home Blog Series
Specializes in connecting Military; Veterans & First Responders experiencing psychological trauma
Save a Warrior
Fire Service Toolkits and Articles
Tools for EMS; fire and LEO to deal with vicarious trauma
Office of Victims of Crime
First Responder Behavioral Health
Behavioral health concerns; emergency response and trauma bulletin
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
First Responder Treatment Services
FREE guidance in navigating treatment network of behavioral healthcare helping First Responders find trauma-informed/culturally aware care to best meet their needs.
Acadia Healthcare - Treatment Placement Specialists
From Traumatic Stress to Wellness
Practical Strategies to heal and thrive in wellness from the daily traumas of first responder professions.
Bulletproof Spirit
Healing from Post-Traumatic Stress
Specializes in connecting Military; Veterans & First Responders experiencing psychological trauma
Save a Warrior
Healing Our Own
Resources for firefighters; their families and departments in support of behavioral wellness in the fire service
The California Fire Service Task Force on Behavioral Health
How to Respond to LODD Traumas
Provides coping resources to help survivors and co-workers affected by line-of-duty deaths
Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)
Law Officer Articles
Strong peer support advocates speaking about surviving critical incidents and marriage.
That Peer Support Couple
LEO Wellness & Trauma Conference
Provides coping resources to help survivors and co-workers affected by line-of-duty deaths
Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)
LEO Wellness Resources & Training
Provides PTS and trauma-informed care; prevention and training
Armor Up Now
Post Incident Stress & Trauma
Provides help dealing with the effects of emotional trauma and PTSD For Cops by Cops
Post Incident Stress & Trauma in Law Enforcement
Posttraumatic Stress for First Responder
Understanding Trauma Experienced in the Field; Recognizing the Signs; Ending the Silence and services to help First Responders find long-term healing from trauma-related health concerns.
Acadia Healthcare - Treatment Placement Specialists
Psychological First Aid
These five elements can help psychological recovery after a crisis
Psychology Today
Psychological First Aid Guide
Covers psychological first aid for traumatizing events; violence; displacement and accidents
World Health Organization
Quantitative Survey on Emotion Labor
Examines emotions at work and away from work; levels of emotional labor and stress along with job satisfaction; mental health indicators and coping mechanisms
ProQuest
Recreational Therapy for Emergency Responders
Helps Responders enhance their lives through therapeutic recreation programs. Programs occur across the country and they specifically combine outdoor recreation activities with therapeutic processes to help participants confront current struggles and develop skills to find success in daily life.
Higher Ground
Retreat for First Responders
A 6-day outpatient retreat that provides emergency responders new coping skills
Public Safety Professionals Retreat
Significant Other & Spouse Meetings
A 6-day outpatient retreat that provides emergency responders new coping skills
Public Safety Professionals Retreat
Stress and Trauma Articles
Provides addiction and trauma resources and programs
Frontline Responder Services
Suicide Prevention Seminars
Offers suicide prevention training and resources for families of LEO suicide
The Pain Behind The Badge
Symptoms of Stress Among Dispatchers
Assessment of emotional; mental; and physical health consequences
theRepository at St. Cloud State
That Peer Support Couple Articles
strong peer support advocates speaking about surviving critical incidents and marriage
That Peer Support Couple
The Equus Effect Program for FRs
Program uses horses and highly-trained facilitators for social-emotional growth and dealing with trauma
Pegasus Therapeutic Riding
Trauma Behind the Badge
Provides First Responders and Veterans a raw; personal first hand view of the inherent danger and effects of trauma while providing peer support and resources.
Trauma Behind the Badge
Trauma Response Examples and Definitions
Understanding different trauma responses in firefighters and First Responders
Red Line Resilience
Traumatic Stress Resources/Tools
Trauma-informed resources based on military and disaster psychiatry
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Warrior PATHH
Program designed to cultivate and facilitate post traumatic growth for FR and military
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance
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