PFFM FoundationBehavioral Health & Wellness
Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts Foundation
Behavioral health support that meets firefighters where they are.
The PFFM Foundation built this as a private first step — a calm, judgment-free place to look around, learn what helps, and reach out when you're ready. No account. No tracking. Just support, on your own terms.
Free · Private · For Massachusetts firefighters and their families
Why we built it
The hard part isn't whether help exists. It's the first move.
The PFFM Foundation already runs peer support, partners with clinicians who understand the job, and offers behavioral-health resources for members and their families. The help is real and it's there.
What's hard is picking up the phone and explaining, out loud, that something is going on. So we built this app to make that first move smaller — open it, look around, use whatever helps, and close it.
Watch a two-minute video today. Try a breathing exercise next week. Call peer support whenever you decide to — or never. Nothing here pushes you faster than you want to go.
What's inside
Six ways to start, depending on what's going on.
Pick the one that fits right now. You can always come back and pick another.
Quick Reset Tools
Guided breathing and grounding exercises you can run in 1–5 minutes — after a call, between runs, or before you drive home.
Try a resetResource Library
Plain-language articles, audio, and videos on stress, trauma, sleep, burnout, grief, and substance use — filter by what you need.
Browse resourcesFirefighter Stories
Short, real stories from firefighters who've been through it — because sometimes the most useful thing is hearing you're not the only one.
Hear storiesFind Support
Peer support and clinicians who understand the fire service, with a directory that lets you reach out when you're ready.
Find someoneImmediate Help
Crisis lines and emergency resources, reachable from every screen in the app — one tap, any time.
Crisis resourcesFor Families
A dedicated space for spouses and family members who want to understand what their firefighter is carrying and how to help.
For familiesBuilt around real moments
"What would be helpful right now?"
Each path leads to the tools, reading, and people that fit that moment.
Private by design
The people this is for often can't risk being seen looking.
So we made sure there's almost nothing to see. Here's what that means in practice.
No account. No login.
There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to remember. The app opens and works the moment you arrive.
Nothing is tracked.
We don't collect what you read, which exercises you try, or who you're here for. There are no analytics watching you.
You set the pace.
Read one article today. Try a breathing exercise next week. Call peer support whenever you decide to — or never.
Read the full privacy policy.
You don't have to handle everything alone.
Open the app and take whatever's useful. Leave the rest. Nobody's tracking your visit.