The california firefighter behavioral health task force
The California Fire Service Task Force on Behavioral Health is a joint labor-management initiative committed to making emotional wellness and post-traumatic stress injuries a health and safety priority in the fire service.
Conceived in the fall of 2016, the mission of the California Fire Service Task Force on Behavioral Health is to collaborate, support, develop and implement firefighter behavioral health principles and best practices related to:
Building awareness about the mental and emotional effects of firefighting, and helping to end the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues;
Establishing and training peer support teams within fire departments, including an inter-departmental peer support network;
Establishing best practices addressing prevention, intervention and post-crisis strategies;
Recommending legislative action necessary to support firefighter behavioral health;
Establishing behavioral health injuries as a core occupational health and safety issue in the fire service.
Participating fire service entities: California Professional Firefighters, California Fire Chiefs Association, Cal-OES, California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
READ: Statewide Leaders Commit to Firefighter Behavioral Health
Task force charter
Click here to view the charter.