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Fire department says canine therapy program now has four dogs to support firefighter mental health
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Fire department staff described a multi-year canine therapy program that now has four dogs in service to support firefighters’ mental health; dogs stay on 48-hour shifts and visit crews after traumatic incidents.
The fire department said its canine therapy program now includes four dogs in service to support firefighters’ mental health and wellness, with dogs kept at stations during 48-hour shifts and deployed to visit crews after traumatic incidents.
Fire Department staff member said the program began several years ago as part of efforts to expand mental-health support for firefighters. “Mental health and wellness is one of our keystone things that we really look at,” the staff member said. “We try to do everything we can for peer counselors, EAP, just anything that our firefighters…
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