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'What Destruction Feels Like:' PTSD Takes Heavy Toll On First Responders


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KLCC s Tiffany Eckert has this report on the incidence of PTSD among fire fighters and the decision by a popular McKenzie River Fire Chief to take a step back from the work in order to heal from the trauma and loss after the Holiday Farm fire.
Ash and debris is all that remained of her home. Chief Rainbow sits with her beloved dog Chi-Chi in the aftermath of the Holiday Farm fire.
Credit Christiana Rainbow Plews
Christiana Rainbow Plews has been fighting fires for 30 years. 
“My very first fire chief used to tell me, when I would get frustrated he would say, ‘Suck it up, Princess.’ And that’s always been my mantra, suck it up princess, just keep going,” she said.  ....

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