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Love a firefighter forever we are my great heroes always always fireman forever firefighter in my heart forever

I’ve only been in for six months and my mask is slipping. I broke down just watching a flatline in a movie scene the other night. I wasn’t expecting it. I’m just kind of having a hard time. But I don’t know how I can talk to my sups without feeling like they’ll perceive me as unable to do the job. I’m always able to do it well. It’s just my personal life that suffers

Nice video

The 'suck it up' mentality is killing us!

Thank you 34 years and things are getting tougher we gotta hang in here and take of each other

Im a firefighter in south alabama and just a couple weeks ago we got toned out for a lost 6 year old boy. We ended up finding him drowned in the water. Out of everything that day his mother’s screams hit me the hardest… the most gut wrenching thing you will ever hear..

I spent years working as a Medical Investigator for the Medical examiners officer in my large city. I have seen thousands of deaths in my time. Enough souls to fill a small town or more. Some days, you’ll go straight from a suicide to a murder to a drug overdose and back again. I felt like the grim reaper when I stepped onto scenes, and it was almost like people could sense I meant death. Some things change you forever. Stay in the fight.

Well done. Such an important issue.

I will

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Fd is cool

Has a man that has had a little brother that has been a police officer for 25 years an am good friends with MANY other officers an fire an rescue, iv never seen nor do I ever wanna see what all of you go through! Iv talked with both sides off the clock . I’ve got to a bad place but luckily I had support to get through it an do what ever I can to talk hug tell any of you all or any body as far as it goes I love them an that they are loved an we can get through anything ! Stay strong you will get through anything my friends!

I've been a volunteer firefighter for 12 years now and it's hard to deal with the thoughts one time me and 5 others responded to a fully involved structure fire and all of a sudden the urge to commit suicide got so strong without hesitation all I remember is disabling my pass alarm walking in to a closet and just standing there attempting to remove my mask when 2 other firefighters came in and forced me out of the structure I was transported to the hospital and was treated for my PTSD and I just hope to one day make it to where everyone knows what us first responders and go through on a daily

"Talking about suicide won't cause someone to attempt suicide..." that is absolutely not true. We really only dimly know about what causes different people to attempt it, but one thing we do know is that knowing someone, or about someone, who has recently committed suicide is a HUGE trigger for others. My friend talked to his 11 year-old son about Robin Williams. Within months, his son was dead.

I’m a First Responder, dealing with some and after taking to my parents and Fiancé I’m looking into therapy, and it’s difficult to look at it without feeling ashamed but certain things get hard. After a Call with a 9 month old Pregnant lady who was hanging out of the windshield alive feeling everything. Few days later off shift I saw cops pulling someone over and for some reason those lights really affected me and threw me back

Bless that captain’s heart when he said he’d been abused as a child. 😢

Semipermanent Fi 🤗🤗🤗⚓️💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Very impactful. I was a paramedic for 15 years and completely understand.

Have to go I’m done

I’ve been a Paramedic/ Ff for a long time got diagnosed Thursday with severe PTSD, I don’t want to die but I’m ready at any moment to kill myself it’s all I think about I don’t want to think that but it’s haunting me it won’t let me go. I don’t want to die

it a amazing that crisis intervention isn't a nationwide requirement for ES

Been a EMT for the last 3 years , best “job” i ever had. Shout out to all my EMS familia , from Los Angeles Ca.

I have been a EMT for 15 years people have no idea what you see and do everyday Hollywood can never match the nightmares the reality of how it affects us its sometimes difficult to deal with seeing things in a week that most people never see in there lifetime stay strong brothers and sisters talk to someone as much as it hurts to talk about find someone who will listen and pray God always listens

Retired after 32 years, I felt the greatest threat to mental health came from the FD administration. They talked about support but just talked about it. Always quick to discipline but slow to help. You were just an employee. Get hurt and see how quick you're forgotten. See how quick work comp fights you on an injury. My experiences.

I've been through having panic attacks due to a very bad relationship, I can only imagine what firefighters/paramedics go through. You have no idea how powerful the mind, the brain is until you've been exposed to too much stress/trauma and it decides to not want any more.....

These are the hero’s folks.

nothing but respect for our first responders. thank you for your service

I need that main firefighters contact information please...i need someone to reach out to me please....i lost my firefighter brother around the time of this video...im trying to create a program to help...thank you...my brothers name is bobby ray johnson he was okcfd...im his only sister

Worst call i had as a firefighter was a 16 year old kid jumping infront of a train.. DOA

Unfortunately in the Northeast, many municipalities do not accept PTSD as an injury. This must change...thank you for sharing your thoughts...peace.

Paramedic for 10 years. Bridged to RN. Working in a level I Neuro ICU with plans to become a CRNA. Much happier now. I make more working 36 hrs per week than I did working 2 full time jobs as a paramedic. I wouldn’t wish that crappy career on anyone. Low pay, horrible hours, bad diet, abuse, disrespect, dealing with the garbage of society on the front lines in the street... I could on and on. When I hear of a young person in school to become an EMT or paramedic, I wanna smack them thru the wall for their own good.

Been a firefighter 29 years, EMT 27 years during which time I've lost 4 colleagues to suicide 2 were like brothers to me and within 2 months of each other. One inaccuracy I'll point out is at the end you say no research is being conducted on firefighter suicides. Since at least 2011 the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance has been attempting to track and help train to prevent suicides within fire, EMS and the dispatcher community.

God. Thank you for this video.

More people should see this

I just wanna say how dangerous our lives are and can be and so we can't let the enemy take over our feelings we can let the enemy have us think this way we have to have the blood of Jesus and we have to stand up and guard God already has us in his arms and it's up to us if we want to stay in his arms or just be of the cruel parts of the world

Do you hear that? Its the worlds smallest violin

I’ve seen some fucked up shit I’ve lost some of my closet friends and I joke around and defend my team. Mates without a second thought and in reality it’s stabbing me inside however my firehouse is like my last stable stepping stone we make fun of eachother and tease but we’ve all got eachothers Backs and all take some of the weight the main reason we keep going is to help other peopl

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mygawd , this is a needed video. thank you. I am giving a talk to chaplains soon, and might use this film. Chaplains also fit the full description of a First Responder. They face exhaustion, compassions fatigue and PTSD as much as other first responders.

I'm a probationary firefighter in Wisconsin. I cannot relate to these struggles of my fellow men and women in the field. And it's really scary to see the harm that could be down the road. Any advice for a rookie?

So important to speak about mental health among first responders. We hide so well under the guise of "helping others" when we ourselves could be hurt, injured, even suicidal. There is no shame in asking for help. We are human and calls will affect us. If/when that happens, please ask for help. An amazing group of people came together to create this project to share this message: ua-cam.com/video/idINVnsuKe4/v-deo.html

My 5 station FD has lost 2 members to suicide in the last ten years! The issue is real!

Such TREMENDOUS RESPECT and ADMIRATION for all of our Firefighters, First Responders, Police and Military. As a person who closely dealt with and married a Firefighter, In the 8 years that we were married, we went to 5 funerals. All were firefighters. 4 were suicides and 1 health related. I know that you are all "Big, Tough Firefighters 😎👊". !!!PLEASE, PLEASE start speaking up. Start talking about "the tough calls" and the underlying issues. Use the CISM teams and resources in your area. After all the Toughest person out there knows when it's time to talk. STAY HAPPY and HEALTHY 😜. STAY SAFE 😎👊!

Thank you so much for posting this video. As a professional firefighter/paramedic, like many of the others who have commented I carry a lot of historical baggage. It seems that the stigma of mental health has been acknowledged in the fire service but, we need to take it further and promote a message of acceptance and being there for our brothers and sisters. Never hesitate to reach out.

I want to encourage every department across the country to charge the culture!!!.create aint-stigma campains around mental and behavioral health..It's ok to be both a hero, wounded and healing all at same time...stop pouring from an empty cup, self care and mindfulness is NOT selfish..or weak.. expand Employees Assistance Programs as well as increase the number of Health & Safety Officers in the dept

I feel soooo bad for her like losing anyone for suicide is hard but ur son I really feel for her

Nice short film

I hope to be a firefighter 👩‍🚒 soon I want to help people I love helping people

First responders.. 🙏🏼blessed.