{"id":31219,"date":"2025-03-21T10:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T14:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=31219"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:48:09","slug":"first-responder-wellness-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/first-responder-wellness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"First Responder Wellness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31228 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-111620-300x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-111620-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-111620-768x628.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-21-111620.png 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First Responder Wellness Week (FRWW), March 24-28, 2025, is dedicated to providing resources and support to help first responders better understand the mental and physical health risks that come with the job, while also promoting the mental, physical and emotional well-being of first responders.<\/p>\n<h3>Provider Health and Wellness Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Virginia Office of EMS &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/emergency-operations-2\/healthandsafety\/\">Provider Health &amp; Safety Resources<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/vafirstresponderwellness.org\/\">Office of First Responder Wellness Resources<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstresponderwellnessweek.com\/\">First Responder Wellness Week resources<\/a> from Lexipol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From the Governor&#8217;s Office<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Janet Kelly shares this special video message to thank EMS providers and the first responder community for everything they do to protect the health of all people in Virginia. Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DgivTUJZEeU\">video message<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/governor.ar.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/proclamations\/proclamation-list\/first-responder-wellness-week-1.html\">Governor&#8217;s Proclamation<\/a> for First Responder Wellness Week.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/media\/governorvirginiagov\/executive-actions\/EO-38---Establishing-the-Office-of-First-Responder-Wellness.pdf\">Virginia Executive Order 38<\/a> &#8211; Establishing the Office of First Responder Wellness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Training Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services is offering a series of First Responder Wellness Week Webinars. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcjs.virginia.gov\/training-events\/first-responder-wellness-week-webinar-series-2025\">Learn more and sign up today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Responder Wellness Week Webinar Series 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"center views-row\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-field views-field-field-dates\"><strong>Monday, March 24, 2025; 10:00 am \u2013 11:15 am<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/training.benchmarkonline.app\/dcjs\/course\/1000434543\/\">Wellness Overview and the Foundation for First Responder Wellness and Resiliency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuesday, March 25, 2025; 10:00 am &#8211; 11:30 am<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/training.benchmarkonline.app\/dcjs\/course\/1000434545\/\">Introduction to Brain Injury for First Responders: Defining-Preventing-Supporting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, March 26, 2025; 10:00 am &#8211; 11:00 am<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/training.benchmarkonline.app\/dcjs\/course\/1000434830\/\">How Many is Too Many and Who is SAM?!?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, March 27, 2025; 1:00 pm &#8211; 2:00 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/training.benchmarkonline.app\/dcjs\/course\/1000434834\/\">Back on Track: CommonHealth\u2019s Guide to a Healthy Back<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, March 28, 2025; 10:00 am &#8211; 11:15 am<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/training.benchmarkonline.app\/dcjs\/course\/1000434836\/\">Therapy Dogs and Mindfulness: Wellness Lessons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Responder Wellness Week (FRWW), March 24-28, 2025, is dedicated to providing resources and support to help first responders better understand the mental and physical health risks that come with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31219","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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