Prioritizing First-Responder Mental Health with Critical Incident Stress Management

Published on August 4, 2022

Providing public safety is a critical component of local government. While first responders respond to traumatic events and protect the public, who tends to their mental health needs?

Many local governments are searching for ways to support employees who have been exposed to traumatic incidents such as fire, accidents, and acts of violence, and suffer because of that exposure. A method to address these ever-growing issues is the development of a comprehensive critical incident stress management (CISM) program.

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