Want to help improve mental health services for firefighters?

Only 49 days until the 6th Annual Conference of the Fire Service Psychology Association begins in Atlanta, Georgia, October 5 & 6, 2023. This conference, hosted by the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department (GA), will bring together fire service leaders and psychologists and other mental health practitioners to learn how we can collectively:

Develop the scientific study and application of professional psychology to meet the needs of the fire service (FSPA Mission Statement).

So, make your plans now and be among the first 200 conference attendees to arrive in Atlanta because...the first 200 attendees will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Burton A. Clark, EFO's book, I Can't Save You, And Don't Want to Die Trying: American Fire Culture (A $35 value).

Dr. Clark has long been a vocal advocate for firefighter safety or rather a proponent for firefighters to wear their seatbelts 100% of the time when the vehicle they're on is in motion (Yes, it's still a problem and firefighters are still being killed and injured when they're ejected from the vehicle during a motor vehicle crash).

He's also considered by many in the fire service--Yours truly included! --to be the "Father of Firefighter Mayday," the training and procedures necessary for when a firefighter finds themself in a life-threatening situation where they cannot help themself.

But beyond that, Dr. Clark wants the reader of his book to understand, "Society needs to change how it thinks and feels about fire death. When a civilian is killed by fire it is not an act of God, and when a firefighter is killed it is not part of the job. When there is a fire death [civilian or firefighter] something went wrong. We must change to an Automatic Fire Protection Culture in the 21st century."

I Can't Save You and Don't Want to Die Trying: American Fire Culture is a road map that social, political, economic, and technological stake holders can use to reduce the loss of life and property from fire. From the firehouse to the state house, from the boardroom to the living room, we can all do better to prevent and survive a fire.

Dr. Clark is also now a fire service member of the Fire Service Psychology Association (FSPA) where fire service leaders and psychologists and other mental health practitioners are working to "build a bridge between professional psychology and the fire service." And he'll be at the 6th Annual Conference of the FSPA in Atlanta to sign your book! But you must get registered today!

Register today at https://lnkd.in/gu2pbaft