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First Responder Mental Health: Moving From Stigma to Action
First responder mental health cannot stop at awareness. Hosts Dan DeGryse and Chris Muscle discuss why fire and EMS organizations need to move beyond once a year campaigns and make mental wellness and psychological resilience part of ongoing training and station culture.
Drawing from experiences in Chicago high rises, military deployments, and personal encounters with loss, Dan and Chris examine the daily pressures first responders carry and why waiting for a crisis or performance issue is not a sustainable approach.
The conversation also explores the suicidality continuum, from subtle…
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