TALLAHASSEE, Florida (WTXL) – Anxiety, Depression, Substance Abuse, and PTSD …
mental health problems that first responders are not immune to. This is where 2nd Alarm Project comes in … they’re a behavioral health resource focused on awareness and prevention.
2nd Alarm Project works with Tallahassee Fire Department to maintain a strong peer support group …
they have a way of dealing with it.
Lance Butler, the Peer Support Team Leader at the Tallahassee Fire Department, said any call to action has an impact, particularly “with a major loss of life like the recent Surfside collapse or even a phone call dealing with children or others that we feel like something is happening “. happened to them too soon or they didn’t deserve what happened to them … these types of problems are indistinguishable, it can happen anywhere in the first responder field, whether you’re brand new or just starting out ready to retire walk.”
Butler added that her goal is to remove stigma … and that a diagnosis of a mental health problem is not the end … there is a path to recovery. 2nd Alarm Project also works with the families of first responders … click here for more.
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