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When it comes to people dying by suicide, I have both personal and professional experiences. Given it’s Suicide Prevention Month, I’d like to share some of those stories with you here, to help explain why it’s a cause I’m so passionate about.   The word “suicide” has been a part of my life since the age of two and part of my vocabulary since the age of seven. This was in my role as a daughter.

As First Responders, we tend to be very comfortable when we’re in control. We turn up on scene of whatever emergent, life-threatening...

A common phrase we hear in the First Responder and Emergency Services world is “You knew what you were signing up for”.   It’s a blanket...