Public Safety Officer Benefits

Co-Workers for Couples Retreat provides educational sessions on coping with grief and very strong peer-support & connection from other survivors.

Spouses for Couples Retreat provides educational sessions on coping with grief and very strong peer-support & connection from other survivors.

179 family volunteers sent 2,539 Remembrance cards to families of fallen firefighters near the anniversary date of each firefighter’s death. Family members wrote personal messages and mailed a specially designed card to other family members to arrive immediately before the anniversary date.

Opened to children, stepchildren, and siblings, ages 18-25, whose firefighter has been honored or is approved to be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. When going through life changes, leaving home, entering the workforce, or getting married, these events can intensify the feelings of grief. The Young Adults Retreat will provide a safe place where young adults can connect with peers and find support with those who truly understand.

This event is open to adult men ages 18+ in the Fire Hero Family community (husbands/male life partners, fathers/stepfathers, sons/stepsons, brothers/stepbrothers) whose firefighter has been honored or is approved to be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. For many men sadness can be a difficult emotion to navigate and emotional processing occurs differently in men than women. Men feel they must handle their emotions alone or they will show signs of weakness. Instead of emotional expression, men benefit greatly from doing things.

America’s fallen fire heroes, who died in the line of duty, are honored each year during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. A plaque bearing the names of honored firefighters is added to the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. Fire Hero Families will participate in the Memorial Service where a grateful nation will honor the sacrifices of their loved ones at the National Memorial. Family attend counseling sessions on Saturday and concludes with an evening Candlelight Service.

For a fire hero family who has lost a firefighter in the line of duty, the holidays can be an especially challenging time of year. For this reason, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation has created the Winter Family Retreat. Open to all ages and family members. This event that will focus on service, giving back to others at the holidays, self-care, reflection, and fellowship with others. Attendees will help decorate the Memorial site and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Chapel for the annual Tree Lighting and will attend the service.

An integrated and comprehensive week of memorial activities that honor the memory of the officers lost in the line of duty, and building the basis for law enforcement survivors to understand ways they can begin to rebuild their shattered lives. C.O.P.S. Survivor's Conference includes over 70 counseling and debriefing sessions facilitated by professional counselors and peer support staff each year.

To educate law enforcement officers and C.O.P.S. Chapter representatives on the benefits afforded to survivors by PSOB.

A two-day training to help every chapter be successful. This training will ensure that all chapters understand how important sound business practices are to the overall health of C.O.P.S. C.O.P.S. must rely on its chapters to provide immediate support to surviving law enforcement families and ensure C.O.P.S.’ business is conducted in a professional manner at the grass roots level. This two-day training is being provided to help chapters understand how their business practices reflect on the National organization and vice versa.