Category Archives: First Responders

6 Things We Learned in Teaching 32 Hours of Suicide Prevention.

Put two counselors in a car, talking about feelings, and you get Carpool Counseling. Our latest adventures took us to Missouri to teach an 8-hour “Understanding Suicide in First Responders” class. Our road trip was an adventure. We found the World’s Largest Fork, lost our lunch, and we were creeped out by “Jim”, but weContinue reading “6 Things We Learned in Teaching 32 Hours of Suicide Prevention.”

Being a Firefighter in the OKC Bombing, What’s It Really Like?

On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder truck stuffed with explosives in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City.  At 9:02 am, the bomb exploded, killing 168 people and injuring more than 680 others.  The blast destroyed one-third of the federal building and destroyed or damaged 324 otherContinue reading “Being a Firefighter in the OKC Bombing, What’s It Really Like?”