Resources for
Emergency Dispatchers 
& other First Responders

If you need immediate assistance, are feeling suicidal or you are having mental health crisis, please:

Call 911
Call 988
or visit the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988lifeline.org 

Frontline Strong Together (FST5) hotline: 1-833-34-STRONG​

First Responder specific resources, information, training & treatment:
WarFighter Advance (program)
Frontline Strong Together (information, programs, training, resources)
911 Training Institute (training)
The Healthy Dispatcher (training)  
Solid Ground Counseling (treatment resource)
NENA 911 Association (training)     
APCO International (training)
International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (training)
​AEDR - Dispatch in Depth podcast (information)
CopLine (resource)
Within the Trenches Podcast (informational)
After Action (program)
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General mental health resources:
wellvance {formerly AVCMHA} (Local - resource)
Bay Arenac Behavioral Health (Local - resource)
Barb Smith Suicide Resource & Response Network (Michigan- resource)
SAFE Project (resource)
betterhelp.com (resource)
get.cerebral.com (resource)

Recommended Self Help / Coping Skills Books for Emergency Dispatchers