About Us

The American Board of First Responder Behavioral Healthcare (FRBH) is an independent nonprofit standards-development organization focused on Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection in public safety.
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FRBH develops and maintains the FRBH National Standard for Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection (OPHP), which establishes nationally consistent organizational expectations for protecting personnel following qualifying Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure (OPHE).
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The Standard addresses what the organization does when qualifying exposure occurs—establishing expectations for governance, recognition and activation, workforce protection coordination, accountability, evaluation, and continual improvement.
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FRBH also provides general guidance, tools, and technical assistance to support voluntary implementation of the Standard. The National Standard and general implementation support are provided without charge.
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‍Predictable exposure should be met with predictable organizational protection.
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‍VIEW FRBH OVERVIEW (PDF)
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‍Mission
Protecting first responders by serving public safety organizations.

‍Vision
A future in which organizational protection following predictable occupational psychological exposure is recognized as a fundamental responsibility across public safety professions.
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Foundational Principle
Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection (OPHP) rests on a straightforward principle: organizational responsibility begins with qualifying exposure, not with individual symptoms, diagnosis, or disclosure.
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OPHP establishes a systematic organizational process for what happens following qualifying exposure through governance, defined activation, workforce protection coordination, accountability, evaluation, and continual improvement.
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The Standard begins at exposure. It does not assess hazards or work environments or establish measures intended to prevent or reduce occupational exposure.
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Institutional Functions‍
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‍The FRBH National Standard
‍Establishes nationally consistent organizational expectations for protecting public safety personnel following qualifying Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure.
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The National Technical Assistance Center
‍Supports voluntary implementation of the Standard through general implementation guidance, AI-assisted support, educational resources, implementation tools, implementation tools, organizational learning, and general technical assistance.
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Multidisciplinary Development
The National Standard is developed with subject-matter expertise representing multiple public safety professions and related disciplines.

The National Advisory Council contributes multidisciplinary expertise in a non-voting advisory capacity. The Board of Directors serves as the standards adoption authority during the provisional period.
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No individual director is named within the National Standard. FRBH, as the standards-development institution, is responsible for the Standard.
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‍VIEW LEADERSHIP →
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Public-Interest Commitment
FRBH publishes the National Standard as a public good. The Standard is available without charge and may be implemented without payment to FRBH.
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General implementation support is also provided without charge and on the same terms to organizations. Conformity does not depend on payment of a fee or purchase of any service, product, technology, membership, or proprietary instrument from FRBH or any other party.
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‍Development Status
Version 3.1 of the National Standard is published as a Provisional Field-Test Edition and is available for voluntary implementation while FRBH continues field validation, stakeholder participation, public comment, and standards -development toward an open multi-stakeholder consensus process.
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Comments are welcome at info@frbh.org.‍
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Scope Notice
FRBH establishes and maintains the FRBH National Standard for Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection and supports voluntary implementation through the National Technical Assistance Center.
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FRBH does not perform conformity assessment, certification, or accreditation and does not operate such a program.
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FRBH does not provide clinical care, prescribe treatment, regulate behavioral healthcare services, provide organization-specific consulting, assess hazards or work environments, recommend exposure controls, accredit healthcare providers, or evaluate individual workforce mental health conditions.

Contact
‍American Board of First Responder Behavioral Healthcare
1314 E. Las Olas Blvd, Suite 2046
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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‍305-791-FRBH (3724) — institutional inquiries
info@frbh.org — institutional inquiries and comments on the National Standard
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Implementation questions are directed to the National Technical Assistance Center.
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