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Santa put out a special delivery letter for the families of first responders that have to work!This time of year is stre...
12/17/2025

Santa put out a special delivery letter for the families of first responders that have to work!

This time of year is stressful enough and when you have a first responder working it can be extra stressful. Why not make accommodations to all be together? We wanted to help…I mean by sharing the letter if course!

Take the letter below which is directly from the Office of Santa Claus and print it out. Fill out the bottom with your children and let them put it in the mailbox. Add whatever date Christmas works for your family and spend the special moment together!

(If you save it and open it in Microsoft Word, you can englarge it if needed)

From our family to yours….

We tell our kids that the elf is always watching. We use it to our advantage (obviously) to have our children do the rig...
12/16/2025

We tell our kids that the elf is always watching. We use it to our advantage (obviously) to have our children do the right thing and act right.

Yet how many of us are doing the right thing? Ensuring we are taking care of ourselves and doing the right thing? Yes, we might behave well with others, but are we really taking care of ourselves?

How would things change if we had a elf watching us at all times?

While most people were tailgating at the the best football game in the world (Army Navy Game), we were making sure to sh...
12/15/2025

While most people were tailgating at the the best football game in the world (Army Navy Game), we were making sure to show love to those keeping everyone safe.

Glad to see a kid that idolizes first responders as much as sports stars (if not more).

December 3, 1999 changed the lives of so many people. Family, friends, co-workers, the fire service, and New England. Th...
12/03/2025

December 3, 1999 changed the lives of so many people. Family, friends, co-workers, the fire service, and New England.

The Worcester Fire Department lost 6 members of their department fighting a fire in a cold storage warehouse while searching for reported missing people.

Pre-2001, this was a major loss of life of firefighters in a single incident. Massachusetts had not seen an incident like this since 1941 when 13 Brockton firefighters were killed.

This date still hits hard for those who remember the day this happened. W6 can and will be found on fire apparatus and helmets throughout the country to remember and honor these brave souls.

One minute you have a simple job, catch and hold the football for a kick and then suddenly everything changes and you’re...
12/02/2025

One minute you have a simple job, catch and hold the football for a kick and then suddenly everything changes and you’re the center of attention and you probably dont want to be!

You may not be a football fan, but sound midly familiar?

One minute your relaxing, doing your thing and suddenly the tones drop and everything changes. Now everything is on YOU! Within seconds you’re now the person who holds the key to whatever happens next and all eyes are watching.

It maybe hard to compare the two but in that instant I’d be sure that he felt the same way many of us had in there careers.

Oh and also like us, he isnt mentioned anywhere after the fact and all the attention goes on the person who did the wrong. No recognition for trying his best, no one asking if hes ok (Im sure hes pretty sore), and by the end of the week everyone else would have moved on.

Sound familiar?

Shout out to the player no one knows for trying to do something with nothing and in the face of danger!

Does anyone else have the 24/7 365 leg shake that totally annoys your significant other?Interesting fact…..It was ALWAYS...
12/01/2025

Does anyone else have the 24/7 365 leg shake that totally annoys your significant other?

Interesting fact…..It was ALWAYS my left until EMDR then suddenly it switched to my right 🤷🏼‍♂️

More the reason I say EMDR is some voodoo stuff!

Research has shown that many first responders are “born from ashes” meaning that they turned to this line of work from l...
12/01/2025

Research has shown that many first responders are “born from ashes” meaning that they turned to this line of work from living through childhood trauma.

One research report shows 25% of law enforcement officers studied reported 4 or more adverse childhood experiences compared to 16% of the general population.
- 41% was emotional abuse
- 36% was physical abuse

Ever hear of the felon parent but correctional officer child…..?

Does this leave first responders at a higher risk for PTSD? YES!

Why do you think? Do you agree?

Comment below

BLACK FRIDAY DISCOUNT!! Check out the online store and stock up on apparel, stickers, and hats that all support first re...
11/28/2025

BLACK FRIDAY DISCOUNT!!

Check out the online store and stock up on apparel, stickers, and hats that all support first responder mental health!! Many options to choose from!

www.btlsupport.net

Discount code: 20BlackFriday20

This discount will expire December 1st at 11:59pm EST.

To guarantee delivery by Christmas make sure to order by November 28th! If ordered after this date delivery is not guaranteed.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!Hopefully you take the time today to enjoy the people who are close to you. Make sure to ...
11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Hopefully you take the time today to enjoy the people who are close to you. Make sure to take time for yourself and don’t push yourself to crazy to meet the needs of other people.

If your working, thank you. Don’t hate the fact you are, some of my best memories was working on the holiday and coming together to make it the best we could. Try and look at the
positive!

We often spend so much time telling ourselves that we are ok and we’re fine, but are we really ok? The demons exist yet ...
10/31/2025

We often spend so much time telling ourselves that we are ok and we’re fine, but are we really ok?

The demons exist yet we fail to recognize their existence. Maybe we do recognize it but we fail to take the steps we need to protect those around us (and ourselves).

Take a step back and look in the mirror. Want the real truth of what you look like? ask those closest to you. Why don’t we do this? because were afraid of the answer.

Take care of yourself so you can take care of others. Don’t let your demons become theres.

Raise your hand if this has ever happened to you? I’ll start…🙋🏻‍♂️BUT everyone says “leave work at work”… “dont take the...
10/21/2025

Raise your hand if this has ever happened to you? I’ll start…🙋🏻‍♂️

BUT everyone says “leave work at work”… “dont take the job home with you”

Wouldn’t that be nice! Lets be realistic. Most calls we can absolutely leave at the station, but then there are those calls that stay…they linger…they never seem to go away.

Does this make you weak? No
Does this make you not strong? No

IT MAKES YOU HUMAN!

We see things we shouldn’t.
We see thing’s that would make most run away.

Our biggest problem..we don’t talk about it. We fake the smiles, we fake our mood, but who are we really faking? you guessed it..US!

If you find yourself dwelling about a call, its ok. It just means its time for a cleanup or tuneup. Its a red flag waiving inside you saying “hey, we need to talk about this to process it”….nothing wrong with that.

Need help finding a place to talk? Reach out.

Stop faking the smiles, not only are we hurting ourselves but were hurting those who mean the most to us…our loved ones.


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