Awareness, Education and Training

Category	Title	Description
Awareness	Ten-Four: Key Habits of Resilience	Shareable resource for first responders.
Awareness	All Clear Foundation	Resources for first responders and their loved ones to support overall wellness.
Awareness	You Answer the Call When Others Need Help... Make the Call When You Need Help	Shareable PDF with resources on how to identify trouble spots, learn more about them and when to seek professional help.
Awareness	WHO Preventing Suicide Guide for First Responders	Suicide prevention guide designed specifically for first responders.
Awareness	Preventing Provider Suicide	Discusses issue of suicide within the first responder community and prevention efforts.
Awareness	Earlier Than Too Late: Stopping Stress and Suicide Among Emergency Personnel	Explores suicide and mental health issues within EMS.
Awareness	Who Takes Care of the Caregivers	NAEMT News feature article on resources to help EMS practitioners struggling with mental illness
Awareness	Hospital Workers Find Solace in Pausing After a Death	Kaiser Health News article describes how taking a moment to acknowledge a patient's death helps healthcare workers cope.
Education	Help the Helpers	Lessons Learned and Outcomes to Date from the FirstNet® Health and Wellness Coalition
Education	Stress Management Exercise	This five-minute video and exercise can help health care practitioners understand stress reactions and learn how taking just a few minutes to check in with oneself and de-stress.
Education	Creating a Practical Self-Care Plan in Difficult Times	This short video can help health care providers create self-care plans to minimize stress and boost resilience.
Education	Leading Towards Organizational Wellness in an Emergency	This short video can help healthcare leadership communicate in ways that mitigate stress in their staff.
Education	QPR Institute	Three steps to helping prevent suicide.
Education	Ambulance Victoria Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy	The AV Mental Health and Well-being Strategy provides a three-year roadmap toward creating a mentally healthy workplace and improving the mental health of its practitioners.
Education	StartYourRecovery.org	Resource for overcoming substance misuse issues.
Education	Finding balance: How women first responders manage stressors of work, family and career	Article for first responders on reducing the stress of juggling work, career, family, especially through the pandemic.
Education	Three Secrets about Post-Traumatic Stress	FirstNet provides secrets about post-traumatic stress for first responders.
Education	Resiliency and Wellness Initiative	Resources to assist the EMS community.
Education	Responder Resilience	Discusses evidence-based resiliency program that improves and sustains responder behavioral health
Education	Code Green Campaign	A non-profit organization that provides resources and education on EMS mental health.
Education	Supporting the Emotional Wellbeing of First Responders, Emergency Managers and Disaster Relief Personnel	The latest Coronavirus updates, guidelines, Information and resources on how to respond to the emotional well-being of first responders, emergency managers, and disaster relief personnel who support communities impacted by disasters.
Education	Suicide Prevention Resources	Suicide Prevention Resource Center Website
Education	Supporting Responders to Effectively Deal with Atypically Stressful Events	TIM Network (timnetwork.org) report on effects of traumatic event on first responders
Education	American Foundation for Suicide Prevention	AFSP funds research, creates educational programs, advocates for public policy, and supports survivors of suicide loss.
Education	American Association of Suicidology	AAS advances science and programs in suicide prevention through research, education and training, the development of standards and resources, and survivor support services.
Education	International Association of Suicide Prevention	IASP is dedicated to suicide prevention and to the alleviation of the effects of suicide.
Education	CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response	Resources for first responders coping with disaster and traumatic events.
Mental Health	National Alliance on Mental Illness	NAMI offers information on mental illness, and options for help.
Peer Support	IAFF Peer Support Training	Provides knowledge and skills to provide support to peers, identify behavioral health issues, and refer to community resources or behavioral health treatment centers.
Peer Support	First Responder Peer-to-Peer Chat App	Health and wellness program pre-paid subscription.
Peer Support	The Counseling Team International	Provides supportive skills to help participants assist with co-workers experiencing life crisis situations.
Resilience	IAFF Resiliency Training	This training focuses on building individual and organizational resilience in the fire service to address post-traumatic stress, substance abuse, burnout and suicide continue to plague our ranks.
Training	International Critical Incident and Stress Foundation (ICISF)	ICISF provides training for individuals interested in becoming a part of a crisis management team, or for an organization that is dedicated to helping individuals or groups recover from incidents.
Training	Stress First Aid	Fire Hero Learning Network training on a set of supportive actions designed to help emergency responders assist each other in reducing the negative impacts of stress.
Training	Mental Health First Aid	An 8-hour course that teaches you how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The training helps you identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
Training	Practical and Proven Suicide Prevention Training	QPR Institute provides three steps to help prevent suicide.