In this episode, we interview Jennie Babcock & Paul Gabrial of the Plymouth County Suicide Prevention Coalition.

Jennie & Paul share valuable information about suicide prevention, reduction, awareness, the education they provide through their coalition, & what led them to to do the work that they do.

Retired Fire Chief David Rhodes joins us on the podcast.

David is a 39 year veteran of the fire service retired from the Atlanta Gorgia fire dept. He currently works for Clarion events as the Vice President of Education for Clarion Fire Rescue Brands, he is the Editor in Chief for Fire Engineering Magazine, and the educational director for the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC). He is a Chief Elder for the Gorgia Smoke Divers Program, served on the Fire Department Instructors Conference Executive Advisory Board, was the hands on training coordinator at the FDIC Conference, and author for Fire Engineering Magazine and Fire Apparatus and Equipment Magazine. Chief Rhodes has served as an adjunct instructor for the Gorgia Fire Academy, and is an advisory board member emeritus for Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Research Institute , and current board member of the Firefighter Air Coalition. He has served as an incident commander for the Gorgia Emergency Management Agency, Type 3 all Hazards Incident Management Team, and was a task force leader for the Gorgia Search and Rescue Team.

Chief Rhodes discusses his career, shares his knowledge, experience, and thoughts on the importance of educating and training first responders about the hazards and impacts of interacting with trauma.

Our guest on todays podcast is Marchelle Farmer

In September of 2023, at the age of 57, Marchelle met the love of her life, Scott Farmer. They both knew right away that what they had was special, and were married in February of 2024- on Scott's 57th birthday.

By May of 2025 Marchelle was making funeral arrangements.

Her husband, retired K-9 Sergeant Scott Farmer, after 25 years of service and 3 years of retirement - lost his internal battles with PTS. Scott died by suicide in the early morning ofMay 16, 2025.

Just the afternoon before Scott had told Marchelle - "You're going to be fine. They like you there." Maybe he was encouraging her about her fairly new job, or maybe hemeant something else. A little over a year later, Marchelle is not fine. She struggles regularly.

Gradually, and with much effort she is learning her way out of the dark pit of trauma and grief that she was thrown into following Scott's suicide.

During her own healing process - Marchelle recognized that suicide did not process Scott's trauma or heal his pain. His trauma and pain was mutated and transferred to her. While pursuing her own healing, she chooses to honor the amazing, beautiful man, officer, friend and husband - - known simplyas Farmer - by sharing their story, with the hope that others will be motivated to seek their own healing.