Welcome to
Firefighters
Helping
Firefighters
Every day on the job, firefighters encounter a wide range of stressful events. These experiences may lead to behavioral and emotional difficulties, problems with sleep, and challenges at home. It can be difficult to know when and how to get help. Firefighters Helping Firefighters provides videos from fellow firefighters sharing their experiences, along with other helpful resources, to help navigate this process.
Discover Videos on a Wide Range of Topics
These topics feature real stories of firefighters who have experienced mental health problems, firefighter leadership and clinicians who serve the firefighter community. By watching these videos you can learn more about common stressors, explore different types of help available and what treatment looks like, and get advice from others who have been there.
Browse Different Perspectives
Firefighters, firefighter leadership and clinicians share their experiences with stressors, mental health, and mental health treatment. You can choose from a wide range of topics to hear what they have to say.
Access Helpful Resources
There are a number of resources available to assist to address firefighter behavioral needs, including posttraumatic stress (PTSD), depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, alcohol use problems and family stress. There is no “one size fits all.” The type of resource that is best for an individual can vary based on their experiences, needs, and goals.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
Center for Firefighter Behavioral Health
Since 2011, our team at the Center for Firefighter Behavioral Health (CFFBH) has received funding from Department of Homeland Security via the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) to develop several free and confidential online resources and tools to address firefighter behavioral needs, including posttraumatic stress, depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, alcohol use problems and family stress. These resources have proved successful in helping firefighters to help themselves and their peers, for families to learn strategies for managing stress, and in preparing clinicians to provide best-practice interventions.
IAFF Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Treatment and Recovery
The IAFF Center of Excellence developed this resource to deliver high quality services for behavioral wellness which covers a variety of treatments relevant to fire service, including management of health risk behaviors, substance abuse treatment, treatments designed to target posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety, suicide prevention, and services to promote the well-being of families. The Center of Excellent will assist in connecting with local mental health professionals as well as teletherapy.
UCF RESTORES – which includes the National Center of Excellence for First Responder Behavioral Health™ – is a nonprofit clinical research center and treatment clinic established to change the way posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related concerns are understood, diagnosed and treated. What began as a government-funded research initiative in 2011 has grown to serve as an invaluable resource to the Orlando community, the state of Florida and beyond. UCF RESTORES’ unique approach to treatment – including the first-of-its-kind three-week intensive outpatient program – combines exposure therapy, emerging technology, one-on-one and group therapy sessions to realize unprecedented success for those suffering from PTSD. We believe in the ability to restore hope for those in need and we’re on a mission to help individuals affected by trauma regain control of their lives.
UCF RESTORES provides its evidence-based clinical treatment services to individuals experiencing PTSD and other trauma-related concerns, including:
· First responders
· Front-line medical personnel
· Military veterans
· Active-duty military personnel
· Survivors of sexual assault
· Survivors of mass violence
· Survivors of natural disasters
· Others affected by trauma
For more information, visit our website at www.ucfrestores.com
