A growing emphasis on first responders’ mental health There’s been a marked shift toward acknowledging the mental health challenges of the job, said Ian Stanley, a University of Colorado ...

“For these responders who are working in Texas, it's probably not their first incident,” said Jacobowitz, who co-authored a report on the mental health needs of New York’s first responders.

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Kimbrough is just one of the Hill Country flood victims grateful for Mercy Chefs and its staff of relief workers who have been feeding them and rescue workers over the last five days.