Line of Duty Death: Preparing the Best for the Worst

One of the toughest situations to face is the line of duty death. The administrative and logistical aspects of a LODD are often overwhelming to those individuals and agencies that are ill prepared. This course will address many of those issues as well as give special attention to pre-incident planning and proper follow-up services.This interactive class has been designed to prepare Emergency Service providers, military personnel, school administrators, municipal officials as well as CISM teams who may need to address a Line of Duty Death.

 

Program Highlights

• Emotional and psychological impact of LODD

• Critical injury in the line of duty

• Line of duty death or injury notifications

• Additional resources for agencies/professions

• Administrative and logistical action plans

• Debriefing steps of a line-of-duty death process

• Stages of grief

• Cultural differences

• Care for the organization and the surviving family

• CISM components after a line of duty death/injury