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How fire crews can process collective trauma from fatal calls

Our crew responded to a fatal house fire last month where we couldn't save the family and since then we've all been acting like we're fine but I can see it in everyone's faces and the way we're avoiding certain conversations and as the lieutenant I feel like I should address it but I'm struggling with the same images and I don't know how to lead when I'm barely holding it together myself.

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Your crew is quietly falling apart after a tragedy, and you have to lead them while barely holding on yourself.

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