IAFF Center of Excellence is a behavioral health treatment and recovery center that specializes in PTSD for professional fire service members who struggle with trauma, substance use, and addiction. Treatment is evidence-based with a multidisciplinary approach, combining the expertise of doctors, nurses, and clinicians from different disciplines to treat the whole person not just the addiction or co-occurring disorder. They mainly treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety. IAFF Center of Excellence has a clinically managed detox, inpatient residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), teletherapy, and aftercare planning. The therapies that are used include individual and group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), life skills, nutrition class, 12-step facilitation, exposure therapy, pharmaceutical therapy, and experiential therapy. IAFF Center of Excellence offers an in-depth aftercare plan that includes connections to relapse prevention strategies, 12-step support, alumni mentoring program, return to work planning and support, diagnostic check-ins, and local behavioral and physical health care providers. They are accredited by the Joint Commission. IAFF Center of Excellence is stretched over 15 acres and spread out between 7 buildings. IAFF Center of Excellence clients stay in 1 of 4 station houses each house fitted with comfortable furnishings and designed with a firehouse theme. Clients are housed together based on their shared treatment needs to help build camaraderie and a support system. Clients will have access to walking trails, yoga classes, animal assisted intervention, outdoor volleyball, basketball court, outdoor pool, and a fully equipped fitness center. Clients will also have nutrition coaching and well rounded meals and snacks available.
