Resources for First Responders:

Police Officers, Fire Fighters, EMS/EMT, Dispatch, Veterans

Call Safe Call Now 1-206-459-3020 or Call Serve n Protect:  Both 24/7 Crisis Line for first responders  1-615-373-8000

 

Websites:

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• Free Mobile PTSD App:  

• Police suicide website: 

• Updated news about law enforcement: 

• Serve and Protect Crisis Line & Support:  http://serveprotect.org/

• International critical incident stress foundation: 

• International Chiefs of Police: 

• Illinois Chiefs of Police: 

• BLUE H.E.L.P.: 

• Honoring officers who die from suicide: 

• International Association for FireFighters: 

• Illinois Firefighters: 

• National Fallen Firefighter foundation: 

• Chicago Police Memorial Fund: 

• Chicago Police Survivors: 

• Firefighter Life Safety Initiative: 

• Police PTSD: 

• Firefighters support foundation, Inc.: http://ffsupport.org/

• Tragedy assistance for first responders:  http://www.taps.org/

• Mesothelioma Info:    OR

Books: 

 

• I Love a Cop & I love a Fire Fighter, by Ellen Kirschmann, Ph.D

• Counseling Cops:  What clinicians need to know, by Ellen Kirschmann, Ph.D, Mark Kamena, & Joel Fay

• Police Suicide: Tactics for Prevention, Dell P. Hackett and John M. Violanti, Ph.D

• Police Suicide: Epidemic in Blue, John Violanti, Ph.D.

• Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, by Kevin Gilmartin, Ph.D.

• Trauma & Recovery, by Judith Herman, M.D.

• When someone you love sufffers from Posttraumatic Stress, by Claudia Zayfert & Jason, C. DeViva, Ph.D.

• My Life for Your Life, by Clarke Paris

• On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace, by David Grossman and Loren Christensen

• Bulletproof Spirit: The First Responder's Essential Resource for Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart by Captain Dan Willis

• The Will to Survive, Bobby E. Smith, Ph.D.

• I Can't Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors, by Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D.

• The Complete Guide to Resilience by Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D.

• In Harm's way:  Help for the wives of Military Men, Police, EMTs & Firefighters, by Aprhodite Matsakis, Ph.D