1. Facilitate an on-site in person debrief no later than three (3) days after the critical incident. “Critical Incident” defined as any traumatic incident or perception of a life-threating event that transpires within the context of first responder work which has sufficient power to overwhelm an individual's or unit’s ability to cope. Such occurrences are not defined by the incident itself; but rather by the involved individuals and/or Fire leadership’s reaction to what occurred. Examples may include, but are not limited to, May Day incidents, victim deaths on a response call, loss of a co-worker, or traumatic vehicle accidents. 2. Provide on-site in person training to Peer Support Team members and conduct annual inservice training to personnel as needed. 3. Develop and deliver at least one (1) on-site in person department wellness trainings per year. “Department wellness trainings” defined as the communication of preventative mental health training of varying topics that impact Fire Department employees, such as, but not limited to, examples like cumulative trauma prevention, substance use disorders, conflict to collaboration, or managing personal relationships within and outside of the station. 4. Provide in person or virtual consultation to members of the Peer Support Team and members of the department executive leadership team on trauma or employee wellness-related matters as needed. 5. Provide priority on-site in-person, confidential mental health therapy services for Fire employees when requested. 6. Provide integration with a medical team for further evaluation and / or treatment if needed. 7. Provide advanced medical/mental health referrals for consistent outpatient or residential treatment services for first responders as needed. 8. Complete FMLA, PFML, IOD and other supportive and required documentation as needed. 9. Within the parameters of licensure and non-HIPAA protected IOD cases, provide leadership updates and direction to facilitate the best possible mental health outcomes for incidental or cumulative trauma incidents and conditions 10. Provide on-call services to collectively provide twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week support to Peer Team as needed. 11. Provide in person or virtual individual and/or group follow up sessions to employees, including one on one therapy sessions when requested. 12. Facilitate and coordinate referrals to advanced treatment programs including internal and external referral documents, internal and external leave management documents as needed. 13. All travel expenses must be included in proposal.
