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Welcome to Ottawa Fire
Family Peer Support
  • Home
  • Professional Support
  • Our Team
  • Ottawa Fire Family Portal
  • Wellness/Fitness (WFI)
  • Our Commitment
  • Local Resources
  • Join Us!

About Us

Your Peer Support Team...Confidentiality is Our Cornerstone.

The OFSPST is here to provide peer support to the personel of the OFS through timely, proative, educational and reactive methods. Our peers provide information, support and referrals to normalize common reactions when faced with a critical incident or traumatic event. The Peer Support Team will encourage resiliency and reinforce coping strategies for either an individual or group.

Confidentiality is TRUST.

Your Peer Support team is here to serve you.


Below you can see information on the program, what is PTSD and when to seek help etc.


Scroll further down to see your team, their specialty, and contact number. You can connect with them through the PerOnCall App.


No matter what time it is, or what the reason. If you feel the need to reach out, then just do it! Your peer team is ready to be there for you under any circumstance.

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A Platoon Fire Service 17 Yrs. Experience Helping with home-related stresses, previous CISM Team member.


Ryan Guillemin

Fire Service 14 Yrs. City of Ottawa 15 years. Experience in helping with PTSD, Family issues, and Trauma.


Adam O'Rourke

Fire Service 5 Yrs. Experience in helping with Family issues and trauma.


Kasey Curry

A Platoon Fire Service 10 Yrs. Peer Support with Military Experience helping with divorce, finances, child custody, life after sports.


Bryce Luker

A Platoon Fire Services 20 Yrs. MHFA, Experience helping with anxiety.


Chris Trites

Experience helping others in general mental health, PTSD, Stress, Critical Incident


Gwen Lewis

Fire Service 4 Yrs. Experience helping with addictions, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, divorce and people in crisis


Josh Warren

A Platoon Fire Service 20 Yrs. Rural 4 Yrs. Paramedic 10 Yrs Experience helping with substance abuse, depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress


Ryan Guillemin

Fire Service 20 Yrs. Experience helping with depression, anxiety and grief, bereavement, loss, and suicide.


Tim Ruddy

Fire Service 2 Yrs. BC Fire 10 Yrs. BC Amb. 3 Yrs. Experience helping with depression anxiety, trauma, PTSD, and Divorce.


Lucas Stewart

Fire Service 9 Yrs. CAF 30 Yrs. Experience helping with, family issues, illness, cancer, military harassment advisor, R2MR inst, Afghan vet.


Kent Penney

Fire Service 20 Yrs. Experience helping others with stress, PTSD, and anxiety.


Richard Bartlett

Fire Service 6 Yrs. Experience helping with mental health patients at Royal Ottawa, mood and anxiety difficulties, MHFA, R2MR inst.


Sebastian Panetta


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