How can I support the work of FSPA?
By: Robert Avsec, Battalion Chief (Ret.) and FSPA Fire Service Member Well, if you are reading this, you’ve already taken the most important action–you joined…
Psychology must play a pivotal role in building a “House of Mental Health Wellness” for firefighters and EMS Personnel
Posted by: Robert Avsec, FSPA Fire Service Member Check out this week’s post on my blog, Talking “Shop” 4 Fire and EMS. Using a house…
Fire & EMS Law: Recent Case Summaries and Legal Lessons Learned
Overview The Fire & EMS Law newsletter provides critical information for emergency services personnel, including members of the Fire Service Psychology Association (FSPA), who need…
Representing FSPA at the 1st WV Women of Rescue Conference
On November 16th, 2024, I represented FSPA at the inaugural West Virginia Women of Rescue Conference in Minden, West Virginia. This new conference was hosted…
Photos from the 7th Annual Conference of FSPA
The FSPA Conference held October 3-4, 2024, in Washington, D.C. was well attended and a HUGE SUCCESS based upon comments and feedback from those in…
The Missing Presence: “Nine Sisters” at the 7th Annual Fire Service Psychology Association Conference
The 7th Annual Conference of the Fire Service Psychology Association (FSPA), held on October 3-4, 2024, in Washington, D.C. was a significant event aimed at…
How about that 7th Annual FSPA Conference!
What a conference it was! As the Conference Project Manager, I could not be more proud of the work put in by the FSPA members…
What can I do as a member of FSPA?
By: Robert Avsec, Battalion Chief (Ret.) and FSPA Fire Service Member During our June 17th Kitchen Table Meeting (The next KTB will be July 17th),…
What is FSPA Doing?
By: Robert Avsec, Fire Service Member A couple of questions that come up frequently to many of us at FSPA go something like these: In…
Why are we still not investigating firefighter suicides?
By: Robert Avsec, Executive Fire Officer Somewhere in the neighborhood of 200 firefighters annually are dying from suicide and we don’t know why. Any rebuttal…