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Augusta Fire Department outlines multiyear mental-health plan after several recent losses; commission directs chief to return with a comprehensive approach
Summary
Chief Burden and partners described peer-support teams, QPR training with Augusta University, federal grant-funded fitness investments and a partnership with Valor Station for intensive outpatient care after 2025 losses; the commission directed the chief to work with AU and Valor and return with a concrete plan.
The Augusta Richmond County Commission directed Fire Chief (Burden) to develop a comprehensive, multi-tiered mental-health and resilience plan for first responders after a lengthy discussion about recent deaths and chronic overtime.
"The Augusta Fire Department has faced that incredibly difficult year in 2025 marked by the tragic loss of some of our own," Chief Burden told the commission, and he outlined immediate and longer-term steps: critical-incident stress management, conversion to certified…
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