FIREPSYCHE: TECHNIQUES TO RELIEVE ON-THE-JOB STRESS
Firefighters face stressful situations as an everyday part of their job. They frequently must deal with deaths of fellow firefighters, injuries, child deaths, and mass casualties as well as face the frightening prospect of being trapped in a burning building. In fact, emergency work has been described as “90 percent boredom and routine, accentuated by 10 percent sheer panic.”
As a result of increased awareness of the traumas associated with firefighting, concepts such as critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) have been developed. Such concepts are designed to help emergency responders cope with the traumatic effects of their work and prevent or minimize severe or disabling psychological responses to the devastating experiences they encounter.
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