Singapore Civil Defence Force Leads the Way
By: Robert Avsec, FSPA Fire Service Leader Me and my colleagues at the Fire Service Psychology Association congratulate Swee Giang Khoo and her colleagues at…
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The “Elevator Pitch” that can help make you a great FSPA Ambassador
By: Robert Avsec, FSPA Fire Service Leader Member Every member is a representative for the Fire Service Psychology Association. Full stop. It’s vital for the…
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 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…
FSPA represented at the Congressional Fire Service Institute’s Symposium and Dinner
Members of FSPA traveled to our Nation’s Capital to represent your interests at the Congressional Fire Service Institute’s 34th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services…