San Diego County Launches First Responders Behavioral Health Support Program

San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, behavioral health experts, first responders, and the father of the late CAL Fire Captain Ryan J. Mitchell announced a new behavioral health support program for first responders. The program is now available to provide confidential, free mental health and addiction treatment services to firefighters, emergency medical services technicians, members of law enforcement agencies, 911 dispatchers, lifeguards, and probation officers in San Diego County.

The Fire Captain Ryan J. Mitchell First Responders Behavioral Health Support Program provides a 24-hour referral helpline staffed by active and retired first responders to connect first responders to local . . .