Video Resources

This 1.5-hour webinar is an introduction to the IAFF Peer Support Training program and the 10-step model for developing a peer support program.

This 1.5-hour webinar is intended for clinicians and fire service personnel who want a deeper understanding of peer support in the fire service and the role of a clinician on a peer support team.

In this webinar training, best practices will be explored to approach a co-worker, friend, or loved one facing behavioral health challenges. Delivered by Molly Jones, LSW and IAFF Peer Support Instructor Jeff Campbell.

This presentation will focus on managing conflict between members, how to identify increased anger and irritability, and best practices for peer teams to establish mutual aid with neighboring agencies. Delivered by Molly Jones, LSW and IAFF Peer Support Instructor Scott Ross.

This video features the results of a survey conducted by the IAFF in collaboration with NBC, to explore member behavioral health issues, problems, and concerns. Nearly 7,000 IAFF members responded.

This webinar will take a comprehensive look at occupational trauma, pos-traumatic stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder in the fire service. Evidence based treatment options and the role of peer support in trauma recovery will be addressed.

This series includes an overview of five critical components of organizational resiliency that are covered in the IAFF Resiliency Training.

This webinar will explore occupational trauma and post-traumatic growth through the perspective of an IAFF paramedic with over 30 years in the field of fire and rescue.

This interactive webinar will explore the critical steps to peer support outreach following potentially traumatic event (PTE), including how to gather information, triage and assess needed support, assemble the peer team, contact command, arrive and assign roles, initiate outreach, and complete wrap-up. Common forms of occupational trauma in the fire service and traumatic stress reactions will also be discussed.

The webinar will explore will provide a fresh perspective on the opioid epidemic in the COVID-19 era, by exploring opioid addiction as a disease, best practices in treatment, and unique treatment considerations for fire service personnel coping with this problem. Delivered by Lauren Kosc, LCPC and Lt. Chris Goggin.

This webinar will address substance use disorders experienced among fire fighters, paramedics and dispatchers. Addiction signs and symptoms and recovery resources will be explored. Delivered by Molly Jones, LSW and Peer Support Instructor Jeff Gauthier.

This 1.5-hour presentation from the 2019 Redmond Symposium/Barbera EMS Conference explores suicide postvention, suicide prevention strategies, evidence-based treatments for suicide, resources for suicide loss and the IAFF’s efforts to understand and address suicide.

This five-minute video is a virtual tour of the IAFF Center of Excellence from the perspective of three program alumni.