Speaker Bios > John Hill, B.Sc., B.A., MSW

A Fire Captain working for over 22 years with Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services in Ontario, Canada.  In addition to firefighting duties Mr. Hill co-ordinates the Critical Incident Stress Management program for his fire department.

Mr. Hill is a highly regarded trauma counselor, having conducted hundreds of interventions and debriefings, in both the private and public sectors. John has made presentations for a wide variety of audiences including, doctors, social workers, police services and fire departments.

In 2001, John was one of fifty Canadian trauma counselors that responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, debriefing survivors of the World Trade Centre collapse.
In 1996, through the International Fire Service Exchange Program, John worked for the Melbourne Fire Brigade in Victoria, Australia for a one year term.  During that time, John was involved in original research dealing with PTSD levels of Australian firefighters and the effectiveness of critical incident stress debriefings.  From this research several studies have been published.

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