The South Carolina State Firefighters Association’s F.A.S.T. Team will be presenting a Peer Training Class at the Burton Fire Department in Beaufort County on February 12th and 13th, 2015. This class will prepare participants to work in their departments to form their own peer teams and/or to become members of the statewide Firefighter Assistance and Support Team.
This program includes training on Behavioral Health Awareness, Stress First Aid, Curbside Manner (to help the citizens with serve), Listening Skills, Suicide Awareness, Finding Balance in our professional and personal lives, the Role of Fire Service Chaplains, Organizing and Operating a Fire Department Peer Team, when to refer to Behavioral Health Clinicians and will also include a host of other important topics, presented in a roundtable discussion format, that will encourage participation by all in the learning process. In addition to being important to those who want to join our Team, this program promises to be a great tool for others aspiring to be fire department officers at the company or the command level.
Please contact Gerald Mishoe, in the F.A.S.T. Team Lowcountry region, at 843.609.8300 or at gerald@firefightersupport.org if you are interested in attending this program.