City to build peer support unit for Detroit Fire Department
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Detroit The Detroit Fire Department is looking to professionalize its peer support efforts, and Mayor Mike Duggan s office will seek a budget hike to that effect this fall.
The need for enhanced peer support services came from an environmental assessment for the fire department released Friday. There needs to be a sustained, standalone peer support unit, Fire Commissioner Eric Jones told The Detroit News on Friday.
Duggan ordered the audit after two incidents involving Detroit Fire Department personnel drinking alcohol on the job and driving work vehicles. A battalion chief drove a Ford Explorer, while a firefighter drove a fire rig.