Monday, The Milwaukee Fire Department announced they are partnering with Ignite the Spirit to provide essential mental health resources for firefighters through fully funded therapy sessions facilitated by licensed mental health professionals. The program is launching under the All-Hands Initiative, and Fire Lieutenant Joseph Flick founded Ignite the Spirit in 2018. He told WTMJ the importance of mental health for firefighters. “The culmination of everything that we go through and the traumas that we see… sometimes the human brain has a hard time dealing with that.” he said. “We want to make sure that that’s not what’s going to keep our people from being our best selves.” “Sometimes it’s injury and illness… Other times, untimely death, and [during] this time, we’ve been looking for ways we can proactively support their mental and behavioral health,” he said.