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Behavioral Health Training for Fire Rescue Personnel - Firefighter Health

Fire Engineering
2016
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First responders are considered a high-risk occupational group in that they experience a wide variety of physical and mental health-related conditions as a result of their occupational duties.1 Firefighters are exposed to unique stressors resulting from their diverse, dangerous, and potentially traumatic job-related responsibilities.2-3 Overall, firefighters experience more job stress than workers in nonemergency occupations.4-5 The specific job-related stressors reported by firefighters include shift work, managerial or organizational problems, inadequate equipment and insufficient resources,6...

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Bryan L. Steinkopf; Vera A. Klinoff; Vincent B. Van Hasselt; Todd J. LeDuc; Judy Couwels

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