Mental Health and Wellbeing Support in the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Footnotes

1. Mind; Blue Light; Post Coronavirus Research Findings: Fire Service Report 2021 https://www.mind.org.uk/media/8586/blue-light-programme_c19_fire-report-2021_final.pdf

2. Hill, R., Pickford, R., Abdelmalak, E., Afolayan, S., Brittain, M., Nadeem, L., Stock, C. and Stolz, R. (2023). Mapping the Health and Wellbeing Across the Firefighting Career and Assessing the Current Demands. Nottingham: Nottingham Trent University. https://doi.org/10.17631/rd-2023-0006-drep

3. SFRS People Quarterly Management Information Report

4. People Committee, Wellbeing Champion Update, 21st June 2022

5. The Rivers Centre is NHS Lothian’s specialist service for people affected by psychological trauma. The Rivers Centre is a contracted partner to the SFRS.

6. SMART is an acronym that stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Bound. Setting SMART Metrics helps to clarify what success means to a business, which will ultimately help it achieve that success.

7. McNamara, N., Muhlemann, N., Stevenson, C., Haslam, C., Hill, R., Steffens, N. and Bentley, S., 2021. Understanding the transition to retirement for firefighters: a social identity approach.

8. https://royalfoundation.com/second-annual-emergency-responders-mental-health-symposium-takes-place/