Stress Injury Awareness for Vital Responders

Field responders of all types are using Responder Alliance tools to recognize, prevent and mitigate stress impact in the predictable trajectory of outdoor pursuits and rescue. Most responders don't receive fair warning or training skills to support themselves or each other following critical incidents and day to day stress accumulation.

The FieldResponder app combines field guidance for stress response with self and peer evaluation tools to appraise stress exposure and guidance for screening and early mitigation of stress by responders.

FieldResponder offers expert guidance, training, self and partner support tools to be available to responders at the point of impact and throughout expedition and deployments in the field.

This app takes the guesswork out of incident response following foreseeable but unexpected events, and allows responders to take important first steps to reduce impact of critical incident stress before exposure reaches the point of needing clinical support. Responders now have a clear pathway for self-monitoring and stress mitigation, and are no longer powerless in the face of recreational or operational stress.

Field responders are those who work outside of traditional buildings and workplaces and have the additional responsibility of decision making and improvising when support is not readily available. Field responders are those who work in austere or remote settings. Field responders are cut from a different cloth, stepping up to challenges not faced by those in the traditional workplace.

Field responders include: wildland firefighters, law enforcement on public lands, National Guard and military responders, avalanche forecasters, search and rescue personnel, guides, ski patrollers, medical personnel responding to climate challenges or disaster events, humanitarian aid workers, wilderness medicine providers, rural EMS providers, pilots, rangers, and outdoor professionals supporting adventure in the wild places.

In our world today, a change in the winds can turn a structural firefighter into a disaster responder. Field responders face unprecedented decisions and complexity. This app puts the skills and guidance in the hands of those we depend on the most, when they need it most.