FIRE, FIRST RESPONSE, EMS & EMERGENCY DISPATCH
CHAPLAIN

The Fire, First Response, EMS, & Emergency Dispatch (FFREED) Chaplain curriculum requires the completion of 400 hours (100 hours of education/300 hours of supervised experience) of advanced clinical pastoral education & training in order to receive the designation. This FFREED Chaplain training establishes the National Emergency Services Chaplain Curriculum (NESCC), which explores the following: 

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1. Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Care

2. Fundamentals of Community Health

3. Individual and Group Counseling

4. Spiritual Assessments

5. Fire Chaplains

6. Emergency Services Chaplaincy

7. Rescue and First Response Chaplains

8. Compassion Fatigue and Moral Injury

9. Crisis Intervention & Trauma Resolution

10. Ethics, Advocacy & Professional Responsibilities

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This training is designed for spiritual care professionals serving in fire departments and academies, emergency medical and dispatch, and rescue and first response organizations.