From the NFPA Journal: Trouble in Mind

June 5, 2014

S.C. Emergency Responders are not immune to the stresses of our job and how it relates to our daily lives. Take time to ACT and read this article in the NFPA journal and educate yourself to a real problem in our profession.  More information can be obtained by calling the Association office or any FAST Team member. 

KYLE IENN WAS ONE OF THE NEW BREED OF FIRE CHIEFS. A 23-year member of the fire service, he led a progressive volunteer fire department in his hometown of Ralston, Nebraska, a suburb of Omaha. He was active on the state and national level with the Nebraska Fire Chiefs Association and the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ Volunteer Combination Officers Section. He served the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s “Everyone Goes Home®” program, an initiative to prevent firefighter line-of-duty deaths and injuries. As founder of the Nebraska Serious Injury & Line of Duty Death Response Team, Ienn was first on the scene to help fire departments with the death of a firefighter.

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