Wellness Bootcamp
Peer Support Training & Events
Build a Culture of Support Within Your Agency
Public safety professionals face intense pressure, trauma, and unpredictability in their day-to-day roles.
Over time, this chronic stress can lead to serious mental and physical health challenges—including anxiety, depression, burnout, substance use, and relationship strain.
Peer Support Training is designed to equip trusted co-workers with the tools to recognize early signs of distress and provide compassionate, confidential support to their peers. Led by licensed psychologists, our training aligns with AB-1116 and AB-1117 confidentiality protections and focuses on emotional support, psychoeducation, and appropriate referral pathways. Peer Support draws on shared experience and trust to strengthen resilience across your department and prevent crises before they occur.
Establishing a Peer Support Team creates a ripple effect—boosting morale, reducing stigma, and improving overall wellness. Departments that invest in these programs often see stronger team cohesion, better performance, and improved employee retention.
Upcoming Trainings
We offer Three-Day Basic Peer Support Trainings throughout the year, as well as advanced and specialized workshops for agencies ready to deepen their support systems.
More Event Topics
First Responder Psychological Services offers training to public safety agencies and related associations on the following topics:
Quarterly Peer Support Team Training
Critical Incident
Stress Management
Stress Management and Police Wellness
Stress Management
For Dispatchers
Managing Problem Employees
Dealing With
Difficult People
Quarterly Peer
Support Training
Police Families:
Couple's Workshop
Suicide Prevention
Peer Support
Team Training
Three Day Basic
Support Training
Two Day Advanced Peer Support Training
Supervisor's Training: Mental Health Issues In Police Work
The Wellness Bootcamp is a full-day, mind-body clinic designed for first responders to reset, recharge, and build resilience.
Participants will learn how trauma affects the body and brain, practice evidence-based tools like neurofeedback and mindfulness, and engage in restorative experiences including physical training, contrast therapy (sauna/cold plunge), float therapy, yoga, and/or paddle boarding.
Firefighters
Did you know that firefighters are three times more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty?
20%
50%
Did you know that nearly 20% of firefighters suffer from PTSD, compared to 6.8% in the general population?
Up to 50% of firefighters report serious symptoms of burnout or compassion fatigue.
Law Enforcement
Did you know that early trauma exposure in law enforcement leads to higher risks of alcohol use, divorce, and sleep disorders?
54%
1 in 3
Police officers are 54% more likely to die by suicide than the general public.
1 in 3 police officers experience PTSD or severe depression.
Protecting Those Who Protect Us — A Whole-Person Wellness Solution for Firefighters and Police.
Our approach is focused, compassionate, and evidence-based: providing vital education, modern tools, and continuous support to empower the health, resilience, and long-term wellbeing of our nation’s frontline heroes
Mental Health
Support
Fitness and
Functional Movement
Physical Health and
Mental Care
Technology and
Telehealth Access
Sleep and
Recovery
Family and
Community Support
Nutrition and
Lifestyle Education
Education and
Cultural Change
Our Approach
At Help for Fire and Help for Police, our mission is rooted in the belief that those who protect us deserve protection themselves. Through the Protect Wellness program—developed by CCFM—we address the growing crisis of unacknowledged trauma and health decline among first responders. Firefighters and law enforcement officers face relentless physical and emotional demands, leaving them at significantly higher risk for PTSD, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, cancer, and heart disease.
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