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Allen, J. (2011, September 9). Firefighter PTSD, depression and suicide ¬¬ Helping the helpers. ABC news. Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://abcnews.go .com/Health/MindMoodNews/firefighter¬ptsd¬suicide/story?id=1 4466320. Allen wrote a story of a firefighter who had post-traumatic stress disorder, and the event that occurred in result of the disorder. In addition, Allen goes on by describing a peer support group that will help firefighters with this disorder. Having a support group, especially made up of firefighters, gives individuals a way to relate to participants because all the supporters understand what they deal with each day. If firefighters work together, along with using therapy treatments from professionals can reduce the …show more content…

For instance, other information includes the history of how suicides were commited and the reason that people thought of why people committed suicide. There are behaviors that are linked to people who are likely to commit suicide; an example is feeling isolated, lack purpose, burden on the world. These behaviors might be able to be heard when the firefighter is talk about them specifically or referencing these in a certain way. The next item DeGryse brings up is actually statistics that the Chicago Fire Department has on their own record. Others can use this data to prevent and educate other firefighters about this behavior and symptoms that may occur. With the ever-changing world, it is hard to keep up with different behaviors that are typically not supposed to be in the fire …show more content…

Furthermore, the manual displays a variety of statistics in extreme detail of how many suicides in all of America, also shown is the most common gender, age, and race to commit suicide. A highly useful tool is knowing risking factors from within and from the outside, this could benefit when preventing suicide and help determine if the firefighter is wanting to commit suicide. In addition, having warning signs associated with the general population and the fire service individuals, educating firefighters and families can these topics can save a life. Finally, this manual covers additional ways to use to prevent firefighters from committing suicide. Suicide prevention resources can be helpful in educating others because you can show them exactly what the speaker is

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