Protecting the Workforce. Strengthening Organizations.
The American Board of First Responder Behavioral Healthcare (FRBH) is the independent national standards-setting organization and steward of Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection (OPHP).
FRBH advances nationally consistent workforce protection across trauma-exposed professions by developing the FRBH National Standard and supporting its adoption through implementation guidance, general technical assistance, organizational learning, and voluntary accreditation.
The FRBH National Standard establishes nationally consistent organizational expectations for managing predictable Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure (OPHE), strengthening workforce readiness, operational continuity, workforce sustainability, and organizational resilience.
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Why Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection Matters
Repeated exposure to critical incidents, fatalities, serious injuries, violence, disasters, human suffering, and other operationally significant events is an inherent and predictable condition of work across trauma-exposed professions.
The FRBH National Standard recognizes Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure (OPHE) as a predictable occupational hazard that should be managed through the same systematic workforce protection principles applied to other recognized workplace hazards.
By strengthening workforce protection capability, organizations protect personnel while improving workforce readiness, operational continuity, workforce sustainability, and organizational resilience.
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Bridging Occupational Safety and Behavioral Health
Occupational safety establishes governance and organizational protections for predictable workplace hazards. Behavioral health provides programs, services, and support that help indiviuduals maintain or restore well-being.
Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection (OPHP) bridges these complementary disciplines by applying occupational safety governance principles to existing workforce protection resources, creating a coordinated organizational approach to protecting personnel from predictable Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure (OPHE).
Exposure—not disclosure—creates an organizational responsibility.
FRBH supports implementation of the National Standard through implementation guidance, general technical assistance, organizational learning, and voluntary accreditation, helping organizations strenthen workforce protection while preserving workforce autonomy..
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