Emergency service workers face many challenges, but their families’ experiences are often unknown. The purpose of our project was to raise awareness of the impacts emergency service work has on emergency service workers' families and recommend effective strategies and support systems by interviewing twenty-five families. We discovered that although many families felt pride in their workers, many felt stressed and unsupported. We then made a video using audio from the interviews to tell the families’ stories and share our findings.

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Creator

• Pfannenstiehl, Owen
• Peris, Casey
• Homsy, Sarah

Subject

• Health
• Well-Being
• Project-Based Learning
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121621-123020
• 43576

Keyword

• Storytelling
• First Responder
• Victoria
• Family
• Emergency Services
• Mental Health

Advisor

• Higgins, Lorraine D.
• McCauley, Stephen M.

Year

• 2021

Center

• Melbourne, Australia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• The Emergency Services Foundation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Date created

• 2021-12-16

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2022-04-01