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.
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
A Platoon Fire Service 20 Yrs. Police Service 5 Yrs. Paramedic 13 Yrs. Experience helping with PTSD-all emergency services.
Jason Smith
