Tool Box Tuesdays
October 7, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Peer Support 101
How Supervisors Can Foster a Supportive Culture That Normalizes Peer Support in their Department with Amy Foley
Supervisors play a critical role in building and maintaining a successful peer support program by advocating for the program and its staff, ensuring appropriate roles and boundaries, providing training and guidance, fostering a supportive organizational culture, and ensuring peer specialists have the resources they need. They act as a bridge between Administration and boots on the ground staff by helping to integrate peer support, normalize its use, and ensure the program's long-term sustainability and effectiveness. As a Supervisor, can you distinguish between information you WANT to know vs. information you NEED to know? Do you have policies and procedures to create safety around peer support? Learn how to set your peer team up for success improving the mental health and well-being of your whole department.
October 14, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Clinical Consultation for Trained Peer Supporters with Jim Petry.
Best Practices for Peer Support Teams include consultation with a trained and licensed mental health clinician to provide education, policy, and procedure review. Clinicians are knowledgeable about the peer support model and are familiar with first responder culture. Clinical Consultation provides ongoing skills training to improve and enhance knowledge that can be applied as a trained peer supporter.
October 21, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Treatment Meet and Greet
Ashley Altman, CNP with PinPoint Behavioral Health
Ashley Altman, CNP is a certified adult nurse practitioner who works with first responders to assess, diagnose, and prescribe medications. She can review medications for current efficacy and continued use. Nurse practitioners utilize the latest in research and evidence based practices to ensure a treatment plan that is patient-driven to meet each person's unique needs. As part of our Red Alert Sleep Awareness Campaign, our conversation will focus on sleep challenges with an emphasis on medications. We will discuss when to use them, when to taper off of them, and how to approach these discussions with your current prescriber.
October 28, 2025, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Tactical Tuesday
Tactical Athlete Performance
Jen Farmer and Josh True, AT
Bullet prooofing the body focusing on our knees. Protecting your knees from strenuous activity is crucial to prevent long-term damage and maintain mobility as you age. Repeated, high-impact stress can cause the gradual wear and tear of joint cartilage, increasing the risk of serious injuries and chronic conditions. Our knees can be the first area impacted when carrying heavy equipment, making a fast turn, squeezing into a tight space and grappling with a non-cooperative subject.
We will discuss techniques you can incorporate into your fitness routine to protect your knees, building supportive muscles, how to manage chronic injuries, and the importance of good support while doing the job.