Recommendations of the Phoenix Fire Department's Mental Health Task Force

• Create a standing wellness committee.
• Provide ongoing department-wide wellness education.
• Provide recurring “Save Our Own” wellness training.
• Exhaust all marketing media to reach members and create a wellness website.
• Develop education, training and support services for members' families.
• Provide financial education and counseling services department-wide.
• Provide a retirement preparation and wellness class.
• Establish wellness SOPs and include them in hiring and promotion processes.
• Establish a wellness protocol for department members who are militarily deployed.
• Make standardized wellness discussions part of annual physicals.
• Implement an incident response protocol for high-stress incidents.
• Create a peer support team.
• Conduct annual, anonymous surveys to gauge members' attitudes toward department programs.
• Participate in studies regarding members' wellness.
• Adapt wellness programs to address stress encountered by alarm room staff.