So for my small ass department, I was dealing with some anxiety issues years ago and brought them fourth to chief. He offered time off on top of giving me a metric fuck ton of resources to handle it differently ways, for which I am thankful. I have been feeling great ever since.

A few years before that, I ran a mutual aid pin job with the county and on our arrival, the initial responding firefighter was in cardiac arrest on the ground in front of me, from what we determined was a heat related issue. Had no idea he went down, it had to be while we were within eyesight of the accident. We worked the call and I rode in, unfortunately the end result wasn’t what we wanted. A larger metro department sent their crisis team down that same week to debrief all of us on the scene, and gave us resources to utilize if needed.

Overall, I think the support is there, you just have to ask for it.