“Would we have an impact on the suicide rate? We have an impact on nonfunctional firefighters as a result of stress on the job? My money is on yes. “What if we just shifted this whole thing on its head and said, ‘we’re going to start seeking out help proactively before we get in trouble,’” he said. He said that the department is looking into adding more resiliency training and proactive tools for behavioral health to prepare firefighters for the trauma Gillotte said every firefighter inevitably faces. “(They’re) a chance to get away from our work, to decompress, to share life with each other rather than our job.” Charlotte Hathaway pets Milo, a Los Angeles County Fire Department Peer Support Dog, at the LACoFD Family Day event held at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex Saturday. This is the LA County Fire Family Day and we’re going to start talking about Fire Family days a lot more,” said Gillotte, a peer support counselor. Bobby Block / The Signal.ĭave Gillotte has made developing the department’s peer support program a top priority.Īs president of Local 1014 and the chairman of the California Fire Service Task Force on Behavioral Health, Gillotte’s work involves “(making) it OK for firefighters to know that they’re going to get hurt mentally, they’re going to need help and that they have a place to go get it.” The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved the final map for 38.4 acres of open space on the future site of 247 single-family homes between Highway 14 and Sierra Highway in Agua. SCV Signal News Podcast with Aron Benderĭaron Payne of Fire Station 128, tosses a ball to his daughter Sophia at the LACoFD Firefighter Family Day held at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex Saturday.
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