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Peer Support, Mental Health Services – Save Lives

October 6, 2016

He had contemplated suicide. After losing 19 comrades in the 2013 Yarnell fire, how was he to move forward? In his stirring presentation at the 2016 PSPSA Conference, wildland firefighter Brendan McDonough spoke openly about the burden he carried. So heavy were his memories of surviving the fire that he drove to an isolated area and prepared to shoot himself with the loaded gun he carried.

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Filed Under: Services Tagged With: Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), EMS Provider Stress, JEMS, PSPSA, Yarnell Fire

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