Miami-Dade Fire Rescue · July 15, 2026

On behalf of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, I want to extend my sincere appreciation for your participation in our 2026 Mindset Matters event and for presenting “Before the Breaking Point: A European Perspective on Mental Health.” Your instruction delivered a powerful, thoughtful, and deeply relevant message for our personnel. Your willingness to share real operational experiences, including the tragic loss of a fellow firefighter during the Worms explosion, brought an emotional authenticity that resonated strongly with our members. The way you connected these difficult moments to the importance of understanding the mind under pressure added tremendous value to the session. The SAFE-System framework you introduced—Stop, Analyze, Focus, Energy—provided our personnel with a clear and actionable method to maintain composure during high-stress operations. Your emphasis on intentional breathing, self-assessment, mental anchoring, and purposeful action offered tools that our first responders can immediately apply on scene. Thank you for sharing your extensive experience from both firefighting and the funeral industry, and for demonstrating such commitment to early mental health intervention within the fire service. We are grateful for the international collaboration and the valuable perspective you brought to our organization.

With their heartfelt project “Broject for Life,” focusing on mental strength for firefighters and emergency responders, the two of them support emergency and rescue personnel with knowledge from practice, for practice. In particular, their explanation of how to deal with death and challenging situations at the scene of an emergency really impressed me. Both firefighters are also regularly confronted with death through their many years of professional work as funeral directors and shared their own experiences from difficult situations within the fire service. I can fully recommend their work to all colleagues and organizations. The 3.5 hours were time very well spent.

Dear Tim, dear Dominik, I recently had the opportunity to attend a training evening with the volunteer fire brigade in Fischerbach. Unlike other training sessions, which usually focus on technology, this one was about the firefighters themselves: how can we deal with the psychological stresses we experience during operations? Thanks to your many years of special experience as rescue workers and undertakers, and your large network, you were able to provide us with ways and methods to process these experiences. Despite the seriousness of the topic, you presented your comprehensive information vividly in an entertaining and engaging manner. The three hours flew by and left a lasting impression. I would like to thank you very much for your commitment. It helps ensure that rescuers do not become victims themselves due to what they experience in rescue operations.

Tim and Dominik, I would like to sincerely thank both of you once again for the very emotional and professionally valuable seminar you gave for us on Friday, January 30, 2026. I have rarely experienced my team being so quiet, attentive, and interested during a training evening. Great respect for how the two of you managed to inspire the entire team — including myself — with such serious and important topics. The feedback from all participants was very positive, and they all said it was excellent. I believe Broject for Life is extremely valuable and can highly recommend it to all organizations, whether fire departments (volunteer or professional), emergency medical services, THW, police, or the healthcare sector.

Warm greetings from Class 3b 😂 Thank you again for your great presentation today. We will all take a lot away from it and will remember you very fondly. All the best to you 🍀

Hello Tim, hello Dominik, I wanted to give you some feedback on your presentation last week with our department. I thought your talk was very good, and I believe most people were able to take something away from it, including on a personal level. I personally recognized myself in several situations, and I found your openness, especially when sharing personal stories, very impressive. Fire departments that do not yet live this topic the way we do will be able to gain tremendous value from your seminar. Please keep going and continue to carry this message forward. In closing, simply a big thank you.