Who We Are
NashvillePeerSupport.org is designed to be a reference point for all Nashville Fire Department members and their families. We hope this can be an easy, safe, and convenient way for us to help connect you to resources that are dedicated to helping our members with mental and behavioral health-related struggles. Finding the right resources can be difficult during times of stress. We hope that having access to a confidential webpage that isn't connected to a department intranet or city website will give you peace of mind while seeking help.
Why Peer Support? We know as first responders how important proper decon is when we have been exposed and/or contaminated by harmful elements while performing our job. Similarly, if we do not properly decon mentally and emotionally, we could be setting ourselves up for potentially damaging effects down the road.
Please use this website to contact our team and assist you in accessing a wide variety of resources that are specifically here to help you “decon” and get back to a healthy you.
We've Got Your Six!
Recent research has shown that first responders are exposed to an alarming rate of potentially traumatic events and are at a significantly higher risk for experiencing PTSD, Substance Abuse, Family Conflict, and other mental/behavioral health-related complications. The mission of the Nashville Fire Department’s Peer Support Program is to support our members, reduce the negative stigma surrounding mental healthcare within the fire service, and promote a positive department culture that focuses on our personnel and their ability to thrive as individuals, family members, and exceptional public servants. Our program is constantly striving to achieve this goal by providing members with mental/behavioral health resources, education, training, a department behavioral health clinician, and volunteers within the fire department who are trained in supporting our members who need help obtaining mental health resources such as referrals for counseling services, crisis de-escalation, training in recognizing the signs and symptoms of PTSD following a potentially traumatic incident, and much more.