2024 Surrey Fire Service Annual Report

Second Responder Program Surrey Fire Services, in collaboration with Fraser Health Authority and Health Canada, implemented the Second Responder initiative, where a team can follow-up with people post-overdose. The team consists of a firefighter (with outreach training), a clinician from the health authority and a peer support worker with lived experience. After a first responder attends to a non-fatal overdose patient in a residential setting, the second responder attends that location within 72 hours. This intervention expresses care and concern for the individual and offers voluntary opt-in to connect them to a health care professional, such as an addiction medicine nurse or clinical team to discuss the most appropriate clinical treatment or support options, based on the patient’s needs and preferences.

2024 Program Overview

Visits by Second Responders

Connections with patients

Connections with close associates of patients

307

141

67

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