Tacoma Fire Department, Tacoma Washington
The Tacoma Fire Department is an all-hazards life safety agency offering vital services, such as fire suppression, rescue, and emergency medical services, to the communities of Tacoma, Fife/Pierce County Fire District 10, and Fircrest.
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Who is voting thumbs down? WTF?
Firefighters are the fucking best man, keep going guys, we need ya!
RIP Preston. Watching this really helped me understand what you and my brother carry…
This film is amazing. Well done.
Great job on awareness in the fire community. This was a great video.
I've only been a firefighter for a year and a half and I've already had calls that stick with me. There needs to be more videos like this that talk about the unseen battles firefighters face. Thank you for the honesty
WOW!! Excellent Job This is a subject that has existed for many years and caused so much misery among FFs and their families! THANK YOU for your video and hard work and sharing! Retired FF from Fort Worth 35 years. Lets help our OUR brother and sisters!
To all first responders out there, thank you for your service! I have ptsd from childhood trauma. It's not easy to share your struggles, but I am proud of you for doing so!
This is what city leaders need to watch!
You got balls of steel my boy no one would call you weak and believe it.
Amen, great show. Proud to be associated and able to give back at a facility called On Site Academy in Westminster Massachusetts , perhaps their model can be applied elsewhere to reach even more first responders . 👍🙏❤️
Powerful!!! Porter, Pollock and Elmer are absolute role models for their younger colleagues. To step up and publicly show their realities hopefully makes others willing to do the same thing, reaching out for help when needed. It's not natural to experience/witness such horrendous events and be ok with it. Vicarious Traumatization is REAL for all First Responders. Thank you for putting this together.
Even after leaving EMS after a decade healing was a long time coming. One of my former ambulance partners and his wife just published Star of Life. Although somewhat fictionalized, it reads like a memoir. But the flood of memories I’m trying to figure out what to do with!
Hi,I too suffer from PTSD,I served The FDNY from 85-2000,I worked the Bedstuy Bushwick areas of Brooklyn. while waiting for a promotion, it cost me my career. I was a huge adrenaline junkie. Till this day i carry both the joy, honor,humility, and shame .During my suspension period i was positioned at a desk out side the office of the commissioners desk . I called it the desk of Shame.Something i trained studied 3 years for was abruptly lost. After shameful arrests i lost all of my social networks and life long friends in and out the department and wife. Reinventing myself and a ton of counseling and paying 2 x wife's child support and trying to keep a roof over my head was more Trama and a reality.The FDNY counseling unit was there but still mainly qualified for Alcohol and drugs. They weren't aware that the career termination was the last thing i needed. I needed more support. I'm Not trying to compare Tramas , but from my first day on the job to last Trama was prevalent especially in my response area in those years. I was 22 yo trying to work with Men that were Seasoned, battle hardened, Korean, vietnam veterans. ect...im still recovering
Thank you all for the video. I am currently going through what most of you talked about. My wife moved out recently along with my step kids. That was my wake up call that I needed help. I am currently in the process of counseling. I finally realized that this big bad firefighter that can cope with things himself does need help.
I have nightmares, too. They get five minutes to do their damage.
You must learn to talk with the dead. You will explain their death. Or they will haunt you.
Be open with your issues. You might be helping someone else. People with problems are usually the ones finding answers. Do or die.
How do you become a volunteer firefighter
Thank you.
Now imagine having all these feelings and having a supervisor tell you he prefers not to talk about work on his off days. This is what i deal with everyday. Toxic leadership compunded with ptsd, anxiety, and major depressive disorder
wow just wow !!! "sometimes your scars are what make you beautiful" is just the best quote I have ever heard. We can feel your pain brothers/sisters, thank you for sharing this documentary. I, so far, have been lucky, I have not been affected by any of my calls. But the day they do affect me I will be rewatching this documentary and getting the supoprt i need. Wherever country we are from we all share that bond. Stay safe and take care of yourselves
Well done and my helmet is off to the brave Firefighters who shared their journeys. Retired Captain/PM, with 39 total years, 30 as a career. PTSD in the fire service is real. The things we see, smell and experience, most can never imagine. I experienced it, still have that PTSD area in my brain with all of the memories, but a great counselor saved my marriage. A great local CISD and PEER program, helped many of us. You are all STRONG AND COURAGEOUS. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. Well done TFD!!
Well nice clip- the damm face dippers ( retired captain)
Retired after 32 years. Loved the job. Wouldn't change what I did. Two divorces, etc... I was diagnosed with ptsd last year. It took my current wife 9 years to convince me to go talk to someone. I am so glad she convinced me to go. I am starting to feel like everything is going to be okay. As soon as I understood what was happening to me, It gave me a direction to go. It was like a door opened and I could finally see a good outcome.
I JUST retired after a 33yrs July 😊😊😢2023. I could tell it was building up.. liken older guys b4 me said you'll know when its time..When my mother passed this year from cancer I knew then it was over. I told a friend my locker is full & my mother was the last coin I can toss in there. I gotta go. Since my retirement I know what this is. I'm finally able sit. Now my mind is just rumbling around with memories of the sh** I did over a 33yr career. I can't believe the stuff I've done. And it memories after stressful memories. Stuff/situations i had completely forgotten about. They all are coming back. I'm not suicidal because I know exactly what this is. My mind is free to release all this. If u think a soilder has stuff floating around up there talk to medic or fireman. I exercise & whirlpool every day. I'm going to be fine bc I'll know if I need to go further.
Also the upper administration. THE ones that was on the floor forget what its like to be the man on the line. Some even skipped some ranks & now give orders. And really don't give a sh***. Its another reason I retired
Is the department still hiring? I am interested in applying. Don’t see it on the website.
All of you guys working for Tacoma fire Department are Super heroes. I was a Armed security officer for many years and have assisted them on calls on my huge HOA in the Issaquah Plato i responsed to all fire and police calls in my site KCSO Deputies called me their partner and our fire station told me dinner is at 6 pm and feel free to stop for a bit to eat Thank you guys for everything you do and go through and know im still monitoring TFD calls
This is absolutely beautiful
Music is too loud
you are the best.had 38yearsduty and proud of it. Sasol Roodepoort and Klarksdorp SOUTH AFRIKA and proud of it!!!!!!!!🚨🙏🙂
Would have more guys if went to 3 platoon system, 24/48 or 48/96.....
24/48 is probably the worst schedule as studies have shown that ff don’t get any real rest, especially coming from busy systems. The 48/96 is a good shift rotation imo. But that also depends heavily on how busy the system is. Doing 48 on a busy system/station can be tough.
@@erok080 I agree 48/96 be best. Vegas, Denver, and tons more do the 48/96 and many departments around us do it as well.
I know several guys wanting to move depts. But NOBODY wants to lateral so they can ride the ambo.
What’s wrong with working on an ambo?
@@erok080 Everything. I'm not a FF so I can ride the box. The ambo sucks.
@@jefforr439 I’m confused. I’m saying ambo, referring to the paramedic unit. Not the BLS unit
@@erok080 What are you confused about? Working on the ambulance sucks, the paramedic ambulance. There's no such thing as a BLS unit where I'm from. All ambulances are paramedic units. I would never leave a dept that doesn't have fire dept ambulances to go to a fire dept where I have to work on the ambulance all the time. Probably for a good portion of a career.
A huge thank you to all the firefighters in this video who were willing to put themselves out there to raise awareness about PTSD and healing. Hats off to all of you brave souls! <3
I recently retired from the Fire Service. While I was on the job I didn't let anything get to me. For 35 years I was Superman. Now I am having PTSD WITH the nightmares and a lot of other things going on. I need help.
Buy why the accent?
I would rather do my local
Who in the hell would want to move there
What’s wrong with Tacoma? (Honestly)
@@erok080high crime rate, overpriced housing, bad family like area and housing is very hard to find.
This speaks volumes! Made such an impact on me and helps so much in dealing with ghosts from the past. Served 1992 to 2006 fire, rescue and medic South Africa. Would have been an absolute honor to work with that bunch. Love to all there.
To be a first responder and not have PTSD, thats rare. Bless you guys;
I'm writing a paper for the mental health in my state. To stop using the military system for diagnosing us. There should be more specific help for first responders. I did it for 25 years. I was in denial for many many years. It took my father dieing for me to realize i had an issue that I denied for so long.
I can’t imagine doing this work and NOT having PTSD. God bless all of you first responders. I have CPTSD from childhood trauma. I get it. I’ve heard nothing but GREAT THINGS about EMDR. I’ve thought I need to do that also. I still get triggered in certain instances.
I carried my PTSD for most of my life and it destroyed my family and my relationships. I tried to ignore it and hide it and started taking it out on my loved ones. It can be more dangerous to your overall well-being and the rest of your life outside of work. I internalized the traumas I faced and started tearing myself down to the point I wanted to die and alcohol makes it way worse! It’s not weakness to admit you are human and do care about those people you saw suffer! Please know there are some of us that care about your well-being just as much as our own! God Bless You All Y’all are Priceless🙏🙏🙏❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Extreme Gardening😂😂😂❤
It takes Bigger Balls to ask for help! PTSD sucks
God loves and cares about us so much that he let his Son Jesus Christ die so that our sins will be forgiven and we will go to heaven where there is no suffering if we just believe and leave our sinful ways. It does not look like God loves us because of all the bad things happening but he truly does. I know because he helped me countless times and i know he will help all of you too if you believe in him, ask and be patience. God bless all of you
Great job, Cody! You’re a class act!
It pisses me off saying oh volunteers ain't real firefighters let me tell you something it's not about the the money I do it for the people I don't care about the money paid firefighters say we ain't real firefighters let me tell you something I signed up for the brotherhood but if yall say we ain't real firefighters then your in it for the wrong reasons
My husband passed away from suicide with Celina fire department thank you for making this and I work in EMS have been for 16 years
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what they done to people, always blinking between that too!