This is an article by Camilo Olivieri, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, May 7, 2025.
First responders and emergency managers face constant, high-pressure stress from trauma, long hours, and critical decisions. This often leads to chronic stress, increasing risks of heart disease, mental health issues, and substance abuse. Their ability to help others depends on prioritizing their own well-being through proactive self-care.
Learn how first responders and emergency managers can thrive, ensuring they can better support those they protect and care for.
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Camilo Olivieri
Camilo “Cam” Olivieri is passionate about empowering first responders and their support structures with action-oriented, evidence-based holistic tools and strategies for mental, emotional, and physical health. Cam is a certified crisis and emergency manager with over thirty years of public- and private-sector experience as a responder, leader, instructor, and consultant. Cam holds several professional certifications as an emergency manager (CEM®, TEM®, CGEMC, MEP, and MEMS), licensed paramedic, and in occupational health and safety (OHST®). Cam has academic degrees in emergency management and industrial and organizational psychology. Additionally, he holds a third-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
