LSF Health Systems

LSF is proud to partner with the 2nd Alarm Project to provide trainings for the First Responder Community. This training is offered by Brandy Carlson-Moore, MSW, and Lt. Jeff Orange, Statewide Peer Team Coordinator.

We hope you will join us! We ask participants to have cameras on. This is an interactive training; please come prepared to participate!

A Zoom link will be sent 48 hours prior to the training. Please e-mail Robert Hersey at robert.hersey@lsfnet.org with any questions.

About "Leadership in Mental Wellness/Developing SOPs":

Leaders of first responder organizations have the power to promote polices, practices, training, and an organizational culture that prioritizes the well-being of your members. Leaders that choose to invest in and create comprehensive Behavioral Health Access Programs in their departments see the benefits of employee retention, reduced sick leave, improved working conditions, and better customer service within the community. This training will help you gain insight on the leadership specific considerations for building a BHAP and culture change that is tailored to your department and its members’ needs.

About Brandy Carlson-Moore, MSW

Brandy is the Associate Director of the 2nd Alarm Project. She holds a Master of Social Work degree from Florida State University with a specific focus in social policy and administration. After over 22 years in the business and nonprofit sectors, she has a deep and diverse skillset in working with organizational leadership teams, direct social service providers, and first responders. In her most recent role as President of Strategic Empowerment Consulting, Brandy worked with organizations in various capacities

including, but not limited to: grant writing, strategic planning, curriculum development, and mitigating burnout in the workplace.

Brandy has served on nine statewide advisory committees and conducted over 450 trainings on a wide variety of topics such as Board Governance for Nonprofit Organizations, Critical Incident Leadership and Support, Crisis and Disaster Management, and Strategic Planning. Previously, in her work to end domestic violence, she and her team trained hundreds of law enforcement officers and prosecutors throughout Florida on best practices in the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence crimes. Her professional roles have included direct service work, middle management, and executive leadership. Brandy is married to a firefighter and is a mom to two amazing little ones that keep her learning and growing daily.

About Lt. Jeff Orange, Statewide Peer Team Coordinator:

Lt. Orrange is in his 27th year as a firefighter, 19 of which have been served with the Orlando Fire Department. He is currently a Lieutenant Paramedic on an Engine Company and previously Jeff served for 2.5 years as a Lieutenant in the Training Division. Jeff is a husband, father and friend. Armed with passion, empathy, a great

support system and a willingness to help those who mean the most to him, Jeff Orrange has co-founded the Orlando Firefighters Peer Support Team. Jeff is a founding member of the Orlando Firefighters Peer Support team. His team has been deployed following the Pulse tragedy, Las Vegas Shooting, the Parkland shooting, the Surfside Condo collapse and many others. Jeff has been promoting mental wellness through grassroots efforts for many years. He believes that making it through this career mentally as well as physically is paramount.

Jeff currently has the honor of serving as the State-wide Peer Team Coordinator for the Florida Firefighters Safety and Health Collaborative (FFSHC). As Peer Team Coordinator, he is responsible for coordinating with industry leaders, and related agencies to facilitate professional standards, diversified training opportunities, deployments, and other related activities.