'I'm Not OK': First Responders Learn to Embrace Help for Mental Health During Symposium [bakersfield.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 10/24/1911:55 AM

By Ema Sasic, Bakersfield.com, October 22, 2019

When a medical call came in on June 24, 2015, to assist an intoxicated man at a trolley station, San Diego firefighter Ben Vernon thought it would be a routine situation.

He had been on this type of call several times in the past, so he was not too worried.

Arriving on the scene, however, tensions started to rise between a bystander and several security guards, and a fight broke out.

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