Indianapolis Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 416 Peer Support

03/28/2025

Clarksville Professional Firefighters Local 2594 is hosting mental wellness speaker Travis Howze on June 7. Current and former military personnel, nurses, doctors, corrections officers, police officers, fire fighters, EMTs, paramedics, and 911 Telecommunicators are all welcome to attend. For more information visit https://tinyurl.com/3k23ar5p.

08/24/2024

The announcement was made at IFD yesterday. I’m retiring from the fire department this month. Thanks to everyone who has trusted me and who has made our program a leader in the nation for peer support and wellness. Here’s to new adventures!!

03/04/2024

This March, the IAFF will highlight National Sleep Awareness Week. Join this two-part webinar series exploring the unique challenges around sleep in the fire service, sharing valuable resources, and exploring practical solutions.

I will be presenting at one of these webinars, and believe me, they will both be fantastic!

March 13: Sounding the Alarm Clock on Sleep Deprivation in the Fire Service. Dr. Abby Morris and Hannah Elmore.

March 28: Getting Serious About Sleep: Challenges and Opportunities for Today's Fire Fighter. Brandon Dreiman, Jeff Gauthier, and Hannah Elmore.

Registration is free but required:

https://www.iaffrecoverycenter.com/community-education/?link_id=1&can_id=f64fc84982fba80a967f20cfe3e08344&source=email-center-of-excellence-webinar-series-january-schedule&email_referrer=email_1064930&email_subject=center-of-excellence-webinar-series-february-schedule.

Our community education webinar series is designed to engage and inform fire service members and treatment professionals alike on unique topics that impact this population.

01/10/2024

Local 416 peer support is hosting an Integral Breath Therapy class! See the flyer for registration below. This is open to all districts and partner agencies

01/05/2024

Local 416 peer support is hosting an Integral Breath Therapy class! See the flyer for registration below. This is open to all districts and partner agencies.

11/12/2023

10/04/2023

No matter where you are in your career, you might want to pause and look at the bigger picture.

09/26/2023

Check out this awesome class

Our next breath work class will be Wednesday the 27th. We hope you can come and check out this awesome class! If you have any questions contact Lead Instructor Jerry Richert at Engine 46

09/15/2023

08/12/2023

ATTENTION FIREFIGHTER FAMILY MEMBERS. Fire families sometimes need support for themselves, and sometimes they need guidance to help their firefighters.

If you’re intrested in getting involved, Fire Family Peer Support will be holding an Open House on Thursday, August 17th, 6:30-7:30pm at the Local 416 Union Hall located at 748 Massachusetts Ave.

Fire Family Peer Support members will be available to answer questions about how they can help firefighter families. For more information you can contact Christina Cesnik, Amy Clegg, or go to www.ffpeer.org.

06/14/2023

There will be no yoga at the hall on June 16. Yoga will resume the following week.