Bridging Occupational Safety and Behavioral Health
Few frameworks define an organization's responsibility to protect workers from predictable occupational psychological hazards.
Occupational safety focuses on workplace hazards and organzational protections. Behavioral health focuses on programs services, support, treatment, and recovery.
The American Board of First Responder Behavioral Healthcare (FRBH) was established to bridge this gap through national standards, accreditation programs, and Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection (OPHP).
National Standards for Workforce Protection in Trauma-Exposed Professions
FRBH is the independent national standards-setting and accreditation body for Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection (OPHP) across trauma-exposed public safety professions.
FRBH establishes and maintains the national standards designed to help organizations implement workforce protection systems following qualifying Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure (OPHE).
Through standards development, accreditation, and implementation guidance, FRBH promotes organizational approaches to workforce protection that recognize occupational psychological hazards as a foreseeable condition of work.
FRBH establishes and maintains the national standards designed to help organizations implement workforce protection systems following qualifying Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure (OPHE).
Through standards development, accreditation, and implementation guidance, FRBH promotes organizational approaches to workforce protection that recognize occupational psychological hazards as a foreseeable condition of work.
Predictable Exposure Requires Predictable Protection
In trauma-exposed professions, Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure (OPHE) is a foreseeable and recurring condition of work—not an isolated or unexpected occurrence.
When occupational psychological hazards are a predictable condition of work, organizations have a responsibility to establish and activate workforce protections designed to address those hazards.
The FRBH National Standard establishes organizational expectations for Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection (OPHP), including predefined activation procedures, workforce protection responsibilities, and oversight processes following qualifying Occupational Psychological Hazard Exposure (OPHE).
Exposure—not disclosure—creates the organizational responsibility to activate Occupational Psychological Hazard Protection (OPHP).
SCOPE NOTICE:
FRBH does not provide clinical care, treatment guidance, healthcare provider accreditation, professional licensure, mental health regulation, or oversight of individual clinical practice.
