Disaster Response: How Fire Families Can Overcome the Challenge
Free webinar for fire families throughout the county. Link will be sent one week before the webinar to those who register.
Guest Speaker
Rachelle Zemlok, PsyD is a licensed clinical psychologist from California and is a Strategic Wellness Director at Lexipol. Dr. Zemlok is a fire spouse and currently raising a young family. She is also the sister to three retired law enforcement officers. Prior to joining Lexipol, she founded First Responder Family Psychology which provides culturally competent therapy to first responders and their family members. She also educates firefighters and their spouses through social media, events, blogs, articles, videos, podcasts, and publications including her book, "The Firefighter Family Academy: A Guide to Educate and Prepare Spouses for the Career Ahead" and her podcast "Code 3 Families."
About the Series
This webinar is part of a year-long series, “Helping the Helpers: Supporting Firefighters and their Families as They Overcome the Challenges of Disaster Response.”
The series provides comprehensive, evidence-based, and culturally relevant education, training, resources and support to increase knowledge, decrease stigma, and ultimately improve the wellbeing of firefighters and their families. The ultimate goal is to create a network of empowered individuals who can provide peer-to-peer support, resources, and skills that will help prevent mental health issues in the fire service and foster healthier relationships with families.
Other webinars in the series include -
Feb. 20, 2024 @ 7pm - “PTSD in the Fire Service: Signs and Solutions” with James Boomhower, MS(c), FP-C, NR-P, C- NPT, CCISM
Aug. 13, 2024 @ 7pm Pacific - “Firefighters and Spouses: Maintaining a Healthy Relationship While in the Fire Service” with Maggie Hernandez, MA, AMFT
Nov. 19, 2024 @ 7pm Pacific - “Parenting in Fire Families” with Tiffany Atalla, LMFT
Register for all at the above link.
The following fire spouses are advising us on the series, we appreciate their input and support -
Tamara Davis (Montecito FD)
Paige Hansen (Ventura County FD)
Cynthia Reyes (Guadalupe FD)
Amy Spence (Oxnard FD)
April Westbrook (Ventura City FD)
The series is made possible with a grant from Vanguard Charitable.