First Responders Take Care of Us; Who Takes Care of Them?
Pre-crisis care is often overlooked in an industry that is, by necessity, reactive.
We know that a proactive approach, for instance, fire prevention measures, means less time putting out fires.
But how do we provide pre-crisis support for first responders? The answer is not any one action – the answer is to create an environment.
We Create Community Together
Community building creates a supportive environment like none other. The culture of support that results from community building provides support 24/7 across the organization. The LIFELINES Community building program teaches participants how to create a pre-crisis support group in their organization.
Are The Members of Your Organization a Team?
Chances are, they already are a team. But creating a pre-crisis support network requires more than teamwork—it requires becoming a community together.
Pre-Crisis Culture is Key
Shouldn’t the people who take care of us during our darkest hours have the support of a community before the pressures become intolerable? This is typically the point at which post-crisis support is offered. But by then it is often too late.
After experiencing the LIFELINES™ program, one of the participants concluded her feedback this way;
“I do believe this is the missing start of peer support, crisis resilience and crisis recovery.”
Take a Closer Look at LIFELINES
The Lifelines program is different from most first responder training programs. So different, in fact, that it is impossible to capture the spirit of the program on several dozen web pages (and who wants to read several dozen web pages?!) The best way to come to understand the program is to try it out but before you do that, do two things. 1) visit the Feedback page to see what participants have said and 2) book a free 20-minute Zoom meeting with Lori for a more detailed overview of the program.
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