VIDEO: Spreading awareness and offering help is an important lifeline to first responders—who are always on the ready to save others. That’s why a Cambridge Fire Paramedic is making it her mission to add a new tool to their peer support program that will help ease the stresses of the job. The Cambridge Fire Department has a new employee in training.
With her calm nature, a black lab, sheep dog and poodle mix named Raven will serve as a therapy dog. “Therapy dogs are proven to help people open up a line of communication,” said Nicole Signoretti, Raven’s owner. A paramedic for over 25 years, Nicole Signoretti has experienced the stresses of the job firsthand. But the day Nicole’s cousin Billy passed away, his dog had puppies—and his loss was suddenly comforted by a new life handed to her.
