In her second time on the show, Battalion Chief Dena Ali shares with me a range of topics around her new book. 

I loved every page of this and bought a copy for my Peer Support Team leader to read. She not only dives in to tough topics around mental health, she backs it up with data and a deep understanding of the mental health issues surrounding the fire service. 

She addresses leadership practices, huge misconceptions about the state of mental health in firefighters and puts actionable steps to take for department leaders and members of a firehouse to address these big issues one at a time. 

The two things I took away from this book was that we're past the point of the awareness phase of mental health in the US Fire Service. She's outlining how we get to work in fixing these issues BEFORE they start. The other thing is that we're getting BETTER not worse at this. 

So, I think the title she chose for the book was perfect. Pick up a copy of Hope Out of Darkness on Amazon or Fire Engineering and get these incredibly useful insights. You or someone at your firehouse will absolutely need the tactics found in this book. 

Enjoy!

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