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ProSPeR Resources

ASSISTANCE

RECOMMENDED READING

ASSISTANCE

1st Responder Conferences


Alcoholics Anonymous (Kern County)

661.322.4025


Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

1.800.273.7713


The Badge of Life


Bakersfield Vet Center

661.323.8387


Blue H.E.L.P.


California Peer Support Association

1.619.667.1447


The Code Green Campaign


Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)


Cop 2 Cop

1.866.COP.2COP


Cop Line (International Law Enforcement Hotline)

1.800.267.5463


Cops Alive


CrewCare (First Responder Mental Health Mobile App)


Crisis Text Line

741741


Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance


First Responder Support Network

1.415.721.9789


Frontline Responder Services


Gary Sinise Foundation - First Responders Outreach


Gold Line Support


Healing Our Own


I'm Alive


International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc.


Kern County Veterans Service Department

661.868.7300


Legacy Place Society


Narcotics Anonymous (Kern County)

1.877.629.6759


National Alliance on Mental Illness

661.868.7176


National Police Suicide Foundation

1.866.276.4615


National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

1.800.273.8255


Man Therapy


Peer Support Central


Project HURT


Reviving Responders


Safe Call Now

1. 206.459.3020

1.877.230.6060


Share the Load

1.888.731.3473


Veterans Crisis Line

1.800.273.8255, option #1


Wounded Officers Initiative

STATISTICS

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ASSISTANCE

First Responder Suicides


46 (2022)

87 (2021)

Firefighters


5 (2022)

14 (2021)

Emergency Medical Technicians


112 (2022)

138 (2021)

Law Enforcement Officers

(Including Federal)


2 (2022)

0 (2021)

Communication Specialists (Dispatchers)


5 (2022)

22 (2021)

Correctional/Detentions Officers


It is important to note that although the numbers above reflect verified suicides reported, the actual numbers are estimated to be 40-60% higher.


Sources:

Blue H.E.L.P.

Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance 


Updated:  10/19/2022smm


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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


The Complete Guide to Crisis & Trauma Counseling: What to Do and Say When It Matters Most

H. Norman Wright


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


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

John W. James and Frank Cherry


Helping Others Recover from Losses and Grief

H. Norman Wright


Helping Those in Grief

H. Norman Wright


Helping Traumatized Families

Charles R. Figley


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


Rural Emergency Response

Daniel Casey and Ellen Leger


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 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

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