When it’s just too hard for JFRD employees to talk with people about their traumatic callouts, its Peer Support Team now has three therapy dogs who just listen.
“All I can say is it sucks. It’s the worst call,” Wentz said. “As soon as they disconnected I had to excuse myself from the room — which doesn’t always happen depending on how busy we are in here.”“I try not to bring it home because nobody wants to hear this,” Wertz said. “Thankfully they had, after that call — that was my second call after a few months that was pretty rough — they had one of the Peer Support guys come and talk to me.
Tilly is joined by Gunner and Cash, both of whom donated through the Station Dog Program of K9s For Warriors, a national nonprofit that provides service dogs to veterans. They are the 15th and 16th dogs to be donated to first responders through the program. Gunner will join Fire Station 52 near Collins Road and Blanding Boulevard, and Cash will join Fire Station 71 serving the Jacksonville Beach area.
Gunner recently visited with Lt. James Baity and Engineer Joseph Gresser from Fire Station 21, both of whom helped treat their fellow firefighters who were badly hurt while. The two were among those just ending their shift after fighting the fire for hours themselves when suddenly there was an explosion.
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