PDF’s
Beginning A Fire Department Chaplaincy Program
A guideline to help chaplains start and operate a chaplain program within a fire department. You will need Adobe Acrobat to read this guide.
Chaplain’s Manual for Fire Department Funerals
Pastoral Crisis Intervention- Moving Toward a Definition
Stress Management- Maintaining a Firefighters Well-Being by FEMA
ARTICLES
Grief 101- By Peggy Sweeney
Basic coping skills to cope with grief and loss in general
Let Us Give Thanks- By Peggy Sweeney
Celebrating the gifts of Thanksgiving
Surviving the Holidays- By Peggy Sweeney
Suggestions for coping with Christmas and Hanukah
Take My Hand and We Will Walk Together- By Peggy Sweeney
Basic skills to cope with grief
Grief You Taught Me Well- By Peggy Sweeney
Emotional Support for Line of Duty Death Survivors by Peggy Sweeney
Sympathy vs. Empathy- By Wendy C. Norris
Don’t Forget Your Dispatchers- By Wendy C. Norris
“Where is God” Confronting Illness – By Neville Kirkwood
CISM Sheet with Spiritual Component
When Helping Hurts- by Frank M Ochberg, MD
FACT SHEETS
10 Ways to Recognize PTSD- By American Counseling Association
Helping Children Cope with Trauma- By American Counseling Association
ONLINE VIDEOS
Recognizing Critical Incident Stress
How to understand and react to storm stress, presented by Crisis Counselor, Dwight Bain.
http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_109.htm
Recovery Principles for CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management)
Dwight Bain, Crisis Counselor, presents principles for a faster recovery from storm stress or critical incidents.
http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_113.htm
The American Fire Service Addresses Line of Duty Deaths and the 16 Initiatives – Part 1
The willingness to take risks for others is what sets firefighters a cut above the average citizen. But ask yourself this, would you want to be the one who had to tell a firefighter’s family that their loved one died needlessly? Homeland Responder takes a look at the American fire service and their efforts to change all that.
http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_103.htm
The AFS Addresses Line of Duty Deaths and the 16 Initiatives – Part 2
A continued look at The American Fire Service and The 16 initiatives.
http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_104.htm
The AFS Addresses Line of Duty Deaths and the 16 Initiatives – Part 3
A continued look at The American Fire Service and The 16 initiatives.
http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_105.htm
The AFS Addresses Line of Duty Deaths and the 16 Initiatives – Conclusion
A continued look at The American Fire Service and The 16 initiatives.
http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_106.htm
CISM: Real Stores from Katrina – Part 1
http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_114.htm
Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned
http://www.homelandresponder.org/hrbrief_110.htm
DISASTER ISSUES
From the SAMHSA
For Responders:
· A Guide to Managing Stress in Crisis Response Professions
· Communication in a Crisis: Risk Communications Guidelines for Public Officials
· Developing Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health Programs
· Disaster Mental Health: Crisis Counseling Programs for the Rural Community
· Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters
· Mental Health Hazards Disaster Planning Guidance
· Psychosocial Issues for Children and Families in Disasters: A Guide for the Primary Care Physician
For Adults:
· After a Disaster: Self-Care Tips for Dealing with Stress
· After a Disaster: What Teens Can Do
· Anxiety Disorders: How to Deal with Grief
· Recovering Your Mental Health: Dealing with the Effects of Trauma: A Self Help Guide
For Families:
· Age-Specific Interventions at Home for Children in Trauma: From Preschool to Adolescence
· Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
· Helping Children Cope with Fear and Anxiety
· How Families Can Help Children After a Disaster
· Reaction of Children to a Disaster
· Major Depression in Children and Adolescents
