1st Responders PTSD Connection

02/27/2026

For many first responders and veterans, the hardest day isn’t the one on duty…
It’s the day you take off the uniform.

Purpose doesn’t just disappear — but it can feel that way.

That’s why our mission has morphed into something unique and special.

We help rehome and rehabilitate koi from ponds due to life transitions, or changing circumstances — and along the way, something powerful happened.

Veterans and first responders rebuild structure, brotherhood, and meaning through this amazing work:

- The water slows the mind.
- The fish demand focus.
- The mission restores
- It's purpose while helping the helpers.

We are a certified, family-run nonprofit led by those who have worn the uniform.

Rescue • Rehabilitate • Rebuild Lives

FishRescue.net

02/17/2026

🎏🚨👮🏻🧑🏻‍🚒🧑🏻‍⚕️🪖🐕‍🦺
We are on a mission to help those who have sacrificed while rescuing koi fish here in SW Florida -

Through this work, we support first responders and veterans by giving them purpose, connection, and healing through our rescues.

If you’d like to support and preserve this mission, we welcome your partnership.

Big things are happening, and lives are being impacted🕊️

12/23/2025

🕯️Merry Christmas from SW Florida Koi Fish Rescue, a subsidiary of 1st Responders PTSD Connection🕯️

We’ve made it to another Christmas, and that alone is something to be grateful for. We are honored to continue serving those living with PTSD — First responders and veterans — through our Koi Rescue program. The mission has never changed; only the path we are taking to get there. We remain committed to Rescue. Rehabilitate. Rebuild Lives.

FishRescue.net

11/24/2025

10/10/2025

🚨Special thanks to Taro Kodama with 🙏📦🎏

We prayed and came through with food for our rescue Koi that are in the PTSD program!

Please check them out and thank them for us too

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/share/16Vd5UYzLu/

https://share.google/ygisv69ZgelkelEaV

https://share.google/EhWmEzoycEM73bX9x

09/17/2025

We’re changing the game-

SW Florida Koi Fish Rescue, in partnership with 1st Responders PTSD Connection, is reaching new depths. From exciting collaborations to expanding our outreach to help the helpers, our mission to bring hope and healing through our koi rescue is making waves.🎏🌊👮🏼🧑🏼‍🚒🪖🧑🏼‍⚕️

We’re honored to serve our fellow first responders and veterans, using koi rescue, rehabilitation and pond therapy as a unique path to peace, purpose, and connection -And we’re just getting started!

👉 Stay tuned for upcoming announcements — and if you’d like to be part of this growing movement, we’d love to connect.

🌐 fishrescue.net



💬 Message us today to learn how you can get involved!

08/28/2025

A special shout out to my fellow battle buddy, Charlie Oross - A good friend and brother! Great video🥳

08/24/2025

We will be working on collaboration opportunities and being showcased on the news📰📺 - You can be part of this!

We will be giving some shout outs in the coming weeks. Please send me direct messages📲📧, otherwise watch for future posts.

08/23/2025

My dearest It's been far too long

Our local mission is growing — and so is our team! Welcome FishRescue.net a subsidiary of 1st Responders PTSD Connection -
We use koi fish & pond aquascapes as a powerful form of PTSD therapy - Join us 🔽🔽🔽🔽 https://www.facebook.com/share/1GGqBbhtnM/

✨ Stay tuned… MORE TO COME!

08/23/2025

- We've been on a mission here locally and I wanted to let everyone know that we're still hard at work helping first responders and now veterans with service-related PTSD. The mission is still the same but with a twist, Koi Rescue and Aquascapes as therapy 🎏

More to come: Give us a follow and please share how you have been!?

With love,
Joe

05/21/2025

If you need to reach me and cannot on here, please contact me on my personal email or Facebook friend request me so I can receive your messages! I've missed some on here with our website crashing:

Avoiding spam, so text only # +9419991086
Jlocus1@protonmail.com

05/21/2025

🚨My dearest
It has been far too long since I have posted online since the difficult passing of K9 Jinky. Some health issues, but mostly a couple weddings, two babies, and even two hurricanes, lol.
We have also been very active on a local basis with 1st Responders PTSD Connection, including, if you can believe it, utilizing fish and Rescue as a form of PTSD therapy here in Southwest Florida. So much to share!

* Unfortunately, the main website went down, but I am revamping things and will begin sharing them here over the next weeks, including our new website with merch, and subsequent contact information!

I've missed you all!

With love,

Joe

Shout-out Shannon Summers Jenkins for keeping things going North of Florida 💪🏻