'We’re the fixers; we're the problem solvers'
First responders and community members assembled at the Shoshone Fire District No. 1 station in Osburn Thursday for a trauma and resilience training.
Pictured: John Miller, Bryan Schur, and Melissa Kirk
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Firefighters Ashley Christmann, Victor Malsom, and explorer firefighter Jason Jurkovac participate in an exercise at a trauma, burnout, and resilience training in the Silver Valley.
Shoshone Fire District No. 1 Chief John Miller addresses the group learning about trauma and stress coping methods at the station in Osburn.
OSBURN — “What do you say to someone with depression or PTSD? The same thing you would to a person with a torn rotator cuff. How are you holding up and what can I do?” psychologist Christen Kishel said Thursday at Shoshone County Fire District No. 1 station.
Chief John Miller of Shoshone Fire District No. 1 said that this is the third year Kishel has brought trauma and burnout training to Shoshone County from Spokane. The training is especially geared toward first responders and breaks down the science of why our bodies tend to fight, freeze, fawn or flee when we’re under a high level of stress.
“Every call you go to, you put a rock in your backpack. It’s about how you’re going to unload those rocks before you’re overloaded,” Miller said.
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