Behavioral Health Awareness and Resiliency Training
Firefighter Mental Health 101
Firefighter Mental Health 101 is an introductory training designed to promote awareness, reduce stigma, and equip firefighters and EMS providers with practical tools to support mental wellness. This program explores the unique stressors of fire and emergency services work, common mental health challenges, warning signs, and strategies for resilience and healthy coping. Participants will also learn how to support peers, recognize when professional help may be needed, and access available resources. The goal is to foster a culture where mental health is prioritized as an essential part of overall readiness and resilience.
Audience: Fire & EMS providers, Peer support team members
Duration: 3 Hours
Managing Stress and Burnout in Fire and Emergency Services
Managing Stress and Burnout in Fire and Emergency Services is a practical training designed to help first responders recognize the signs of stress and burnout, understand their impact on health and performance, and apply strategies to build resilience. Participants will learn healthy coping skills, explore peer and organizational support options, and gain tools to promote long-term wellness in both their professional and personal lives.
Audience: Fire & EMS providers, Peer support team members
Duration: 3 Hours
Balance, Boundaries, and Bravery
Balance, Boundaries, and Bravery is a course developed to address the unique challenges of supervisors, though non-supervisors can also benefit from its content. This course teaches about the importance of work-life balance and setting boundaries and how they relate to personal mental health and interpersonal relationships.
Audience: Fire & EMS providers, Peer support team members
Duration: 3 Hours
Self-Care, Resilience, and Post Traumatic Growth
Self-Care, Resilience, and Post Traumatic Growth provides firefighters and EMS personnel with practical tools to manage the impact of critical incidents, the death of a member, and cumulative stress. This training explores common reactions to trauma, strategies for self-care, and ways to build resilience both individually and as part of a team. Participants will leave with skills to support recovery, strengthen mental health, and sustain long-term wellness in the fire and emergency service profession.
Audience: Fire & EMS providers, Peer support team members
Duration: 3 Hours
Relational Health for Firefighters
Relational Health for Firefighters and EMS Personnel focuses on strengthening interpersonal and family relationships at home and beyond the workplace. The program addresses the unique challenges of first responder life, including shift work, repeated exposure to trauma, and occupational stress, and offers practical strategies for communication, boundary-setting, and building supportive and meaningful emotional connections. Participants will learn tools to enhance relational health, and foster stronger, more balanced personal relationships.
Audience: Fire & EMS providers and their families/significant others
Duration: 2 hours
Continuing Education for Peer Support Team Members*
Providing Peer Support After A Potentially Traumatic Event
Providing Peer Support After A Potentially Traumatic Event provides useful information for peer support team members when supporting others who have been exposed to potentially traumatic events. Effects of psychological trauma on the brain are reviewed, and the concept of crisis and signs and symptoms of stress disorders are discussed. This course also teaches post-incident protocols developed by the IAFF and includes role play scenarios.
Audience: Peer support team members
Duration: 3 Hours
Advanced Active Listening Skills for Peer Support Team Members
Advanced Active Listening Skills for Peer Support Team Members is a course designed for existing peer support trained members. This program reviews and strengthens therapeutic communication skills essential for peer support and crisis management. The program includes interactive activities for building active listening skills through practice.
Audience: Peer support team members
Duration: 3 Hours
Addiction and Recovery
The Addiction and Recovery course provides useful information about substance use and other addictive conditions commonly found in the fire service. This program discusses the signs and symptoms of substance use and other addictive conditions as well as strategies to support those struggling with substance use and the challenges of recovery, along with information about available resources.
Audience: Fire & EMS providers, Peer support team members
Duration: 3 Hours