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Life at the Sharp end is a podcast full of insights and interviews to help people who want to do their best at work. People who want to learn from others and hear about best-practice tools and techniques to help you create safe, respectful and high-performing workplace cultures.
People like you - whether you’re in a leadership role or at the front-line.
Wherever you work, you’ll have stories to tell about what it’s like to experience Life at the Sharp End.
10 • Firefighter resiliency - we're in it together
Life at the Sharp End
58 minutes 55 seconds
12 months ago
10 • Firefighter resiliency - we're in it together
The British Columbia Firefighter Resiliency Program is an innovative partnership that provides practical mental health support to Canadian firefighters.
Steve Farina is Executive Vice President of the British Columbia Professional Firefighters Association and he’s played an instrumental role in the program and its success in supporting firefighter mental health.
Steve’s extensive career, from volunteer and career firefighter to Captain, and a union executive, provides a fascinating perspective on the extent cultural changes he’s seen (and those still needed) in Fire and Rescue services.
In this episode, Steve discusses what leaders in Fire and Rescue can do to create a respectful culture that mentors and supports their crews. He reflects on how leaders should be accountable for their behaviour; take ownership of their actions; and on the role that unions can play in working constructively with Fire Services to achieve common goals.
The BC Firefighter Resiliency Program is one excellent example of how constructive engagement has produced a result that has, literally, saved lives.
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LINKS
Contact Steve by e-mail at mainlandnorth@bcpffa.org
Visit Steve’s LinkedIn page
The BC Professional Firefighters Association
The BC Firefighters Resiliency program
Blueprint - BCFFA’s partner in the Resiliency Program
Buy Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink, the book referred to by Steve in this episode (affiliate link)
Life at the Sharp End
Life at the Sharp end is a podcast full of insights and interviews to help people who want to do their best at work. People who want to learn from others and hear about best-practice tools and techniques to help you create safe, respectful and high-performing workplace cultures.
People like you - whether you’re in a leadership role or at the front-line.
Wherever you work, you’ll have stories to tell about what it’s like to experience Life at the Sharp End.
