National Standard
The FRBH National Standard defines minimum national requirements for workforce behavioral health protection in trauma-exposed public safety organizations.
Predictable and cumulative occupational trauma exposure requires structured, governance-embedded safeguards. Protection must be designed into organizational systems and must not depend upon voluntary self-disclosure or discretionary activation.
Download the FRBH National Standard (PDF)
Purpose
The National Standard establishes minimum structural requirements to ensure that behavioral health protection:
- Activates predictably following qualifying exposure
- Operates under governance oversight
- Functions proportionally and durably over time
- Remains embedded across leadership and staffing transitions
Minimum National Requirements
Aligned organizations must demonstrate:
- Automatic post-exposure activation mechanisms
- Embedded early-response support capacity
- Protected confidential access pathways
- Cumulative exposure oversight processes
- Career-span continuity of protection
- Executive accountability for exposure management
- Supervisor activation responsibility
- Family-support integration mechanisms
- Budgetary and structural durability
These elements collectively establish the national baseline for organizational behavioral health protection.
Applicability
The FRBH National Standard applies to public safety organizations operating in trauma-exposed environments, including governmental, career, volunteer, and hybrid entities.
Alignment is evaluated based on documented organizational design and structural safeguards.
Scope of Authority
The FRBH National Standard:
- Defines organizational protection requirements
- Does not establish clinical standards of care
- Does not prescribe treatment models
- Does not create statutory or regulatory mandates
Interpretation of the Standard is governed by documented FRBH policy.
Adoption & Version
The FRBH National Standard is adopted by the FRBH Board of Directors and maintained under formal governance oversight.
Current Edition:
FRBH National Standard – Public Edition Version 2.1
Effective February 2026
Predictable and cumulative occupational trauma exposure requires structured, governance-embedded safeguards. Protection must be designed into organizational systems and must not depend upon voluntary self-disclosure or discretionary activation.
Download the FRBH National Standard (PDF)
Purpose
The National Standard establishes minimum structural requirements to ensure that behavioral health protection:
- Activates predictably following qualifying exposure
- Operates under governance oversight
- Functions proportionally and durably over time
- Remains embedded across leadership and staffing transitions
Minimum National Requirements
Aligned organizations must demonstrate:
- Automatic post-exposure activation mechanisms
- Embedded early-response support capacity
- Protected confidential access pathways
- Cumulative exposure oversight processes
- Career-span continuity of protection
- Executive accountability for exposure management
- Supervisor activation responsibility
- Family-support integration mechanisms
- Budgetary and structural durability
These elements collectively establish the national baseline for organizational behavioral health protection.
Applicability
The FRBH National Standard applies to public safety organizations operating in trauma-exposed environments, including governmental, career, volunteer, and hybrid entities.
Alignment is evaluated based on documented organizational design and structural safeguards.
Scope of Authority
The FRBH National Standard:
- Defines organizational protection requirements
- Does not establish clinical standards of care
- Does not prescribe treatment models
- Does not create statutory or regulatory mandates
Interpretation of the Standard is governed by documented FRBH policy.
Adoption & Version
The FRBH National Standard is adopted by the FRBH Board of Directors and maintained under formal governance oversight.
Current Edition:
FRBH National Standard – Public Edition Version 2.1
Effective February 2026