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ProSPeR Resources

ASSISTANCE

RECOMMENDED READING

ASSISTANCE

1st Responder Conferences


809 Fight for Awareness


Alcoholics Anonymous (Bakersfield, CA)

1.661.322.4025


Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault (Kern County, CA)

1.661.322.0931

1.800.273.7713


The Badge of Life


Bakersfield Vet Center (Bakersfield, CA)

1.661.323.8387


Blue H.E.L.P.


California Peer Support Association

1.415.314.6929


The Code 9 Project

1.929.244.9911

1.844.HOPE.247 (24h Helpline)


The Code Green Campaign


Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)


Cop 2 Cop

1.866.COP.2COP


Cop Line (National Law Enforcement Hotline)

1.800.267.5463


Cops Alive


Counseling Team International

1.800.222.9691


CrewCare (First Responder Mental Health Mobile App)


Crisis Text Line

741741


Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance


Firestrong

1.844.525.3473


First Responder Support Network (West Coast Post-Trauma Retreat [WCPR])

1.415.721.9789


Gary Sinise Foundation - First Responders Outreach


Gold Line Support


Healing Our Own (CFSTFBH)


International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc.


Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services – Crisis Services (Kern County, CA)

1.800.991.5272


Kern County Veterans Service Department (Kern County, CA)

1.661.868.7300


Legacy Place Society (Canada)


Narcotics Anonymous (Kern County, CA)

1.877.629.6759


National Alliance on Mental Illness (Kern County, CA)

661.858.3255


National Police Suicide Foundation

1.863.875.2298


988 Lifeline (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline)

988 (talk or text)

1.800.273.8255


Man Therapy


One805


Peer Support Central


Project HURT


Reviving Responders


Safe Call Now

1.206.459.3020


Share the Load


The Overwatch Collective


Veteran’s Crisis Line

988, press 1 (talk)

838255 (text)

STATISTICS

RECOMMENDED READING

ASSISTANCE

First Responder Suicides


Firefighters

19 (2025)

109 (2024)

84 (2023)

85 (2022)

94 (2021)

104 (2020)

131 (2019)

96 (2018)

108 (2017)

124 (2016)

124 (2015)

101 (2014)

74 (2013)

83 (2012)

56 (2011)

52 (2010)

40 (2009)

47 (2008)

29 (2007)

26 (2006)

20 (2005)

20 (2004)

19 (2003)

14 (2002)

13 (2001)

16 (2000)


Emergency Medical Technicians

2 (2025)

16 (2024)

22 (2023)

12 (2022)

16 (2021)

29 (2020)

22 (2019)

24 (2018)

19 (2017)

39 (2016)

37 (2015)

33 (2014)

9 (2013)

11 (2012)

5 (2011)

3 (2010)

7 (2009)

3 (2008)

2 (2007)

3 (2006)

1 (2005)

0 (2004)

1 (2003)

3 (2002)

1 (2001)

0 (2000)


Law Enforcement Officers

(Including Federal)

26 (2025)

106 (2024)

123 (2023)

175 (2022)

149 (2021)

134 (2020)

198 (2019)

156 (2018)

125 (2017)


Emergency Communication Specialists (Dispatchers)

0 (2025)

3 (2024)

4 (2023)

2 (2022)

0 (2021)

1 (2020)

0 (2019)

2 (2018)

1 (2017)

0 (2016)


Correctional/Detentions Officers

3 (2025)

8 (2024)

10 (2023)

12 (2022)

22 (2021)

28 (2020)

40 (2019)

30 (2018)

51 (2017)


It is important to note that although the numbers above reflect verified suicides reported, the actual numbers are estimated to be 40-60% higher.  These numbers also change as death investigations are completed and causes of death are changed/updated.


Sources:

Blue H.E.L.P.

Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance 


Updated:  04/07/2025smm

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MEMORIALS


Officer Down Memorial Page

RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED READING

Bulletproof Spirit: The First Responder’s Essential Resource for Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart

Captain Dan Willis


Continue:  Surviving the Darkness, Choosing to Live

Derek Robinson


CopShock: Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Allen R. Kates


Dispatcher Stress: 50 Lessons on Beating the Burnout (Get the Nerve)

Adam Timm and Joe Serio


Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement: A Guide for Officers and their Families

Kevin M. Gilmartin


Experiencing Grief

H. Norman Wright


Faces of Combat: PTSD and TBI

Eric Newhouse


Finding Peace:  A Workbook on Healing from Loss, Neglect, Rejection, Abandonment, Betrayal, and Abuse

Troy Love, MSW, LCSW


Fit for Off-Duty:  A Manual for Firefighters - Healing from Work-Related Trauma, Restoring Personal Relationships, and Thriving at Home

Peter Salerno, PsyD, LMFT


The Grief Recovery Handbook: A Step-by-Step Program for Moving Beyond Loss

John W. James and Frank Cherry


I Love a Cop:  What Police Families Need to Know

Ellen Kirschman


I Love a Fire Fighter:  What the Family Needs to Know

Ellen Kirschman


In Harm’s Way: Help for the Wives of Military Men, Police, EMTs, and Firefighters

Aphrodite T. Matsakis


Mindfulness for Warriors:  Empowering First Responders to Reduce Stress and Build Resilience

Kim Colegrove


Resiliency for First Responders:  Getting the Job Done No Matter What

James Hyde and Raymond Aaron


Secondary Traumatic Stress

B. Hudnall Stamm


The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.


The Rescuer:  One Firefighter's Story of Courage, Darkness, and the Relentless Love that Saved Him

Jason Sautel


The Resilient 911 Professional:  A Comprehensive Guide to Surviving & Thriving Together in the 9-1-1 Center

Jim Marshall and Tracey Laorenza


The Worst is Over

Judith Acosta and Judith Simon Prager


Treating Compassion Fatigue

Charles R. Figley


Under the Headset: Surviving Dispatcher Stress

Richard Behr

This website is not monitored.  This material is provided for informational purposes only.  The information contained here is in no way meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition, mental or physical, or take the place of qualified professional medical or psychiatric care.  Please consult your doctor before beginning any new course of treatment, primary or complementary.  Please use caution when using any new form of treatment.


IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, IS CURRENTLY IN CRISIS OR SUICIDAL AND IS IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE,

PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES:

911

988

1.800.273.8255

NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE 


Federal 501c3 Tax Identification Number 84-2757973


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