SAVE THE DATE!
Pre-Conference: September 9, 2025
Main Conference: September 10 – 12, 2025
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce the 2025 First Responder Wellness Conference in Norfolk, VA, on September 10 – 12, 2025.
Description:
Improving first responder health and wellness enhances the effectiveness of first responders, as well as the safety of the community. DCJS’s first responder wellness initiative is dedicated to providing robust training and resources centered around the well-being of all first responder groups and the main pillars of wellness. Attendees for this conference will be able to learn about how to enhance these pillars in their personal and professional lives.
These pillars of wellness are:
- Physical
- Social
- Emotional
- Occupational
- Financial
- Spiritual
- Intellectual
- Environmental
This conference is for first responder professionals to learn from experts in the field about resources and best practices when developing comprehensive health and wellness strategies.
Do not miss this essential training opportunity!
Who should attend?
This conference is open to all first responder groups, including, but not limited to, law enforcement, fire/EMS, EMTs, dispatchers, and corrections. It is also open to retired first responders and civilian peer support and mental health clinicians who are culturally competent in first responder wellness.
Cost and Registration:
The registration fee will be $50.00 per participant if paid via credit card at the time of registration. A $20 processing fee will apply to payments not made by credit card at the time of registration. Payment must be received prior to conference attendance.
Vendor Cost and Registration:
Vendors with first responder wellness-related products and services are invited and encouraged to participate in the conference. The registration fee for VENDORS will be $500 per vendor and $250 for non-profits if paid via credit card at the time of registration. A $20 processing fee will apply to payments not made by credit card at the time of registration. Registration fee will include a skirted table, electricity and Wi-Fi, lunch, and entry into Keynote and Breakout/Workshop sessions.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ronald Coombs, Jr.
(804) 845-0505
Email
Chris Scuderi
(804) 278-7054
Email
Lori Walters
(804) 225-2091
Email