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Scenario

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.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A team is experiencing shared trauma but everyone is pretending to be unaffected, leaving their leader paralyzed between his own pain and his responsibility to the group.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Public Safety — Fire & Rescue?”

Peri

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