Sec. 5. Development of resources for educating mental health professionals about treating fire fighters and emergency medical services personnel
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The Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall develop and make publicly available resources that may be used by the Federal Government and other entities to educate mental health professionals about— the culture of Federal, State, Tribal, and local career, volunteer, and combination fire departments and emergency medical services agencies; the different stressors experienced by firefighters and emergency medical services personnel, supervisory firefighters and emergency medical services personnel, and chief officers of fire departments and emergency medical services agencies; challenges encountered by retired firefighters and emergency medical services personnel; and evidence-based therapies for mental health issues common to firefighters and emergency medical services personnel within such departments and agencies.
In developing resources under subsection (a), the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall consult with national fire and emergency medical services organizations. In this section: The term firefighter means any employee, regardless of rank or whether the employee receives compensation, of a Federal, State, Tribal, or local fire department who is responsible for responding to calls for emergency service. The term emergency medical services personnel means any employee, regardless of rank or whether the employee receives compensation, as defined in section 1204(7) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10284(7) ).
The term chief officer means any individual who is responsible for the overall operation of a fire department or an emergency medical services agency, irrespective of whether such individual also serves as a firefighter or emergency medical services personnel.
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