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Fire service members may be exposed to critical events or situations beyond the normal capacity of human beings with which to cope. East Hants Fire Service provides several services to assist members to cope and reduce the impact of these critical incidents. These include the Critical Incident Stress (CISM) Team, the Family Member Assistance Plan (FMAP) which is a service we have purchased from Homewood Health, a series of five videos that are available on this site and designed to help members and family members with a number of issues and finally, a wallet card that contains the phone numbers of a number of provincial resources and access to the CISM.
On this page is a brief explanation of each service and a link to access them.
FMAP provided by Homewood Health
A program for the benefit of all members and their families an Employee Assistance Plan commonly referred to as Family Member Assistance Plan is available 24/7 from Homewood Health which allows for counseling and helpful conversation. Members and their families are encouraged to access this program to support their mental health well being.
Access FMAP
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
A CISM Team is made up of volunteers from the fire service and the helping community. Each team has special training from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation to help first responders cope with the aftermath of a critical incident.
Learn About CISM
Mental Health Support Videos
The East Hants Fire Service and the respective Departments have recently collaborated with the N.S. Mental Health who have kindly funded a Mental Health & Wellness program . In concert with N.S Mental Health & Wellness the project has created five videos to support Mental Health & Wellness. These videos are found on this site and only available to East Hants Fire Service Members and their families. You must be logged-in to watch them.
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