LCH-Behind the Fire

Love Compassion Hope Suicide Prevention Foundation

About this app

Behind the Fire
Firefighter Mental Wellness & Suicide Prevention

Firefighters spend their lives protecting others. Behind the Fire is here to support the people who answer those calls.

Built specifically for the fire service, Behind the Fire brings mental wellness tools, trauma education, PTSD support, suicide prevention resources, and everyday resilience practices together in one app.

WHAT'S INSIDE

Daily Mental Wellness
- Private mood check-ins
- Wellness patterns and sleep tracking
- Shift journal and reminders

PTSD & Trauma Support
- PTSD Recovery Center
- Flashback grounding
- Box breathing and body scan exercises
- Trauma Wheel education
- Post-call decompression

Support Through Hard Moments
- Suicide-related emergency calls
- Losing a coworker
- Firefighter suicide loss
- Moral injury and survivor guilt
- Mass casualty incidents
- Burnout and compassion fatigue
- The Silent Struggle

Suicide Prevention
- Personalized safety planning
- Crisis support resources
- First-responder helpline information
- Warning signs and guidance for reaching out

Everyday Firefighter Wellness
- Sleep and shift recovery
- Fitness and nutrition guidance
- Family resources
- Retirement and identity support

BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND

Personal wellness information is stored locally on your device. Core tools do not require an account.

Designed for career, volunteer, wildland, and retired firefighters.

The Person Behind the Uniform Matters.

Developed by LCH-Tech.

This app provides educational wellness and self-help resources and is not a substitute for professional mental healthcare, diagnosis, treatment, or emergency response. External crisis support requires a working communications connection.