Delray Strong Peer Support

05/10/2023

Great tips! Be safe out there and watch out for each other.
https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-products/mobile-data/articles/10-ways-firefighters-can-support-their-own-mental-health-2WGkxhz86m6Ju0PC/?fbclid=IwAR02u4Jlx_MrEo7vLbL0OFdueIUH2F-rabcdBt7scQonBn0nofx08r8l7Ss

It’s a stressful job, so you need to know how to check in and take care of yourself

03/31/2023

Cold Plunges... You may have seen plunge tubs popping up around the fire station recently.

Here is an article explaining the benefits, science and ideology from the man himself, Wim Hoff. Check out the article for more information.

Dutch athlete and health guru Wim Hof shared details with Fox News Digital of how the Wim Hof Method has the potential to revolutionize health through breathing, the power of the mind and cold water.

03/15/2023

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/travis-howze-post-traumatic-purpose-tickets-565510135037

Travis Howze, former firefighter, Marine Corps veteran, former police officer, and now motivational speaker and comedian, come and join us!

02/22/2023

You are not alone. We all go through tough times. Keep your head up, your heart full, and a spirit of gratitude that you are even alive to face these challenges head-on.

Rest, reflect, regroup, and reach out to your brothers and sisters. You are not alone.

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02/03/2023

https://www.o2x.com/so-whats-really-the-deal-with-cold-therapy-cryotherapy/

By: O2X Injury Prevention Specialist Nicholas Schumacher, DPT As a physical therapist, I get asked often: “Should I ice my ankle sprain?” “Do ice baths help with recovery?” “Should I take cold showers? So what really does the research say about these modalities? Should I Ice an Acute Injur...

01/12/2023

Our deepest sympathies go out to the family and to our Brothers and Sisters in Marion County Fire Rescue on the loss of FF Tripp Wooten. RIP Brother, we'll take it from here.

9 January 2023: **MCFR Announces Passing of FF/PM Tripp Wooten**

FROM THE DESK OF FIRE CHIEF JAMES BANTA

It is with deep sadness and regret that I announce the passing of MCFR Firefighter Paramedic Tripp Wooten. Tripp passed away today, January 9, 2023. He leaves behind a wife and two children.

Tripp was a 14-year veteran firefighter who joined the ranks of Marion County Fire Rescue on December 15, 2008. Prior to his hiring, Tripp was a member of the 2008 MCFR Career Academy Class. Most recently assigned to our Lynne Station #4, Tripp spent many years as a member of the “Hames Road Hooligans” at our MCFR Belleview Station #18. Tripp was an amazingly talented FF/PM, he never met a stranger and possessed a sense of humor that brightened the days of all who came in contact with him.

Badge covers are authorized to be worn for the next thirty calendar days. Class “A” uniforms are to be worn by all sworn personnel attending any related services. (Black ties as applicable.)

The Departmental Funeral Contingency Plan has been implemented and all planning shall proceed through proper channels. As more information becomes available, the public information officer will update the department.

Fire Chiefs' Association FirefighterNation.com & FireRescue Magazine FireRescue1

10/23/2022

I hope this finds everyone well and healthy. We have an opportunity to walk in the Never Walk Alone event next year, Sunday 1/29/23. However, we will need to register by October 31. I have a code for a discount and can pass it on to whomever would like to join. As in past years, you can choose what to wear, full gear with/without pack or PT gear. The event supports the family and memory of Danny Alvarez from the City of Miami that took his life in 2014.



Please respond to this if you'd like to participate and we can organize from there.

10/06/2022

09/22/2022

Come out and support Boynton Fire and injured Captain Brett Power at this fundraiser event. Details in the flyer. Great way to stay involved and help a Brother out.

08/25/2022

The Ryan Owens Memorial run will be on Saturday November 12 this year. This is a 4 mile beach run (Deerfield Beach)that we have created a team for every year since it began 6 years ago. You can run in full gear and pack, full gear no pack or regular clothes, whatever works for you.
Ryan was a US Navy SEAL killed in action and his family created this event in his memory and as a fundraiser for Gold Star Families. It's a great morning spent on the beach and the race is extremely patriotic filled with great people. Join "Delray Beach Fire Rescue" in the "First Responder Division" when registering. I would like to have the largest FD team this year. Message me with any questions!

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Also a 1 mile kids race too!

The 6th Annual Ryan Owens Memorial Run is on Saturday November 12, 2022. It includes the following events: 4 Mile Open Beach Run, 4 Mile Beach Run - ATHENA/CLYDESDALE DIVISION, 4 Mile Beach Run - FIRST RESPONDER DIVISION, 4 Mile Beach Run - NAVY SEAL DIVISION ONLY, 1 MILE KIDS FUN RUN, and 4 Mile Be...

08/24/2022

𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐐𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 !!!!
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.

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𝐎𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥: 𝟖𝟑𝟑-𝟒𝟔𝟎-𝟐𝟗𝟎𝟑

“𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘏𝘌 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭’𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳-𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭— 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴.”
"𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦"