Perry Hall

Perry Hall grew up in the North Carolina fire service with his father. He has spent over 20 years in the fire service, serving as a volunteer and became a career firefighter in a large metropolitan fire department.  Throughout his career, Hall obtained a number of certifications, B.A.S. in fire administration and is currently a fire/rescue instructor. Perry is married and is the father of two children and four step children.  His own cumulative exposure to a number of critical incidents made a huge impact on him personally and one final incident drastically changed his life and his career. Through his personal experience, he began educating himself and getting involved in Mental Health First Aid, Crisis Intervention Team Training and Critical Incident Stress Management to learn more about how critical incidents affect emergency responders, education that would have helped earlier in his career. Currently, he is an advocate for first responders and works to educate others about the effects of trauma among first responders and how important mental wellness is for emergency responders.