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Three topics nail the Fitcast principles of Purposeful, Practical, and Applicable.  We're going over my department's FIRST EVER incentivized fitness program.  I developed this program and will talk about how it was structured, how I presented it to the union and department, and how it's going.  Also 4 things you NEED to do when pitching a program to your department.

September is also Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month and there is no more appropriate time to talk about Devote December and Spring 4 Change.  These are two campaigns that I am a part of with Annette Zapp from FireSQFitness with the goal of reducing and preventing Fire and EMS suicides.

I go into detail on the purpose, goals, and future of both campaigns and how they stand to change the fireservice.

Shout outs in this episode to:
Annette Zapp
Scott Forbes
Kate Colvin
Allison Braeger
Wendy Lund
Code 15 Project
First Responder Sleep Recovery
Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance
Illinois Firefighter Peer Support

And here is the study I referenced regarding exercise and its benefits to those with depression;
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC474733/

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