On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Charlie Bell <char...@culturelist.org>wrote:
> Hello fellow brinellers and Dr Brin. > > I'm mindful that co-listees with Culturelist will know that the bushfires > in Victoria are VERY close to home for me and my wife. For the rest of you: > Claire has been working in the Major Incident Room at Victoria Police during > the bushfire crisis, and she's seeing and hearing stuff far worse than makes > the public media. So much so that my wife really doesn't need to see stuff > about the bushfires on social email lists. As you may know, I do a lot of volunteer work helping first responders cope with high-stress incidents - and this absolutely is one (or many). I'm curious what your wife's role is... but I mostly want to acknowledge that it is a really good idea to minimize re-exposure to the news, discussion and such. I almost never watch TV news, partly because it is too much like entertainment and partly because I end up dealing in real life with the stuff they report on. I know that CISM - Critical Incident Stress Management - is practiced in Australia. I hope that your wife has ample opportunities to de-mobilize, defuse and debrief about all that has happened. Please know that our Bay Area CISM team is thinking of all the first responders in your country. Nick
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