What is the Fire Watch?
The Fire Watch is Florida’s fight to end Veteran suicide. The Fire Watch provides Watch Stander Training to create Veteran Safe Places. The goal is to create a network of community members and organizations trained to identify the warning signs of Veterans in crisis and to direct those Veterans to the help they need.
What is a Watch Stander?
Watch Standers are community members that are vigilant to the concerns of Veterans. Becoming a Watch Stander consists of completing a 45-minute online training at https://www.thefirewatch.org/watch-standers. This training provides valuable information on how to identify the signs of a veteran in crisis, how to talk with a Veteran who may be at risk for suicide, and what resources to connect them with to get the help they need.
What is a Veteran Safe Place?
The Veteran Safe Place (VSP) program is designed specifically for organizations to educate, train and empower their employees to be able to identify and support a Veteran in crisis. A Veteran Safe Place is established once 50% or at least 50 employees (whichever is less) receive Watch Stander training. If your organization is interested in becoming a Veteran Safe Place, please click here to sign up and let us know if you receive this prestigious designation so we can celebrate our local VSPs.
