Five Arrows Forge is a mindset coaching and mentorship platform for men and fathers, founded by firefighter, author, and NLP Master Coach Jason Meinershagen, a member of the A Silent War Within team. Through coaching and speaking engagements, Five Arrows Forge brings practical tools and real-world experience to the conversation, helping leaders navigate life transitions, recognize repeating cycles and patterns, shift limiting beliefs, and lead themselves and their families with greater clarity, conviction, and purpose.

Core Focus Areas

• Mindset Coaching: Using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and a trauma informed approach, we offer coaching tools to help men recognize limiting beliefs, expand their choices, and develop more resourceful ways of thinking, responding, and moving forward.
• Fatherhood & Legacy: Through the ministry of A Note From Dad, helping fathers move beyond simply surviving the demands of life to become more intentional, present, and purposeful in how they lead themselves and their families.
• The Forge Letters: A regular publication offering practical insights and reflection around mindset, self-leadership, fatherhood, discipline, connection, resilience, and living with purpose.
• Mental Health Ops for First Responders tm : Moves mental health training beyond awareness and into an operational level of readiness. Created by a first responder FOR first responders, it's built around the mindset and language first responders already use. Mental Health Ops equips members, peers, and leaders with practical, neuroscience-informed tools to recognize the effects of cumulative stress and trauma earlier, intervene before they escalate into crisis, regulate in the moment, and restore readiness... at the tailboard, around the kitchen table, and after the shift.

PTSD Strong is a dedicated advocacy platform and resource hub focused on supporting first responders, military veterans, and trauma survivors. Through peer connection, education, and practical healing tools, they work tirelessly to break the stigma surrounding post-traumatic stress and empower individuals to reclaim their lives after trauma.

Website: ptsdstrong.com

 The 988 Lifeline provides 24/7, free, and confidential support for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis, emotional distress, or substance use struggle. Available nationwide by phone call or text, 988 connects individuals directly with trained crisis counselors who offer immediate help, hope, and compassionate support in your darkest moments.

Call or Text: 988 | Website: 988lifeline.org

 Founded by former law enforcement officer AK Dozanti, this platform provides direct, no-nonsense coaching, agency training, and practical tools built specifically to help first responders prevent and recover from burnout. Drawing from lived field experience, AK delivers actionable strategies, keynotes, and nervous system recalibration resources that empower emergency personnel to regain mental clarity, focus, and performance both on shift and at home.

Website: akdozanti.com

Ashlea Dillard is a dedicated mental health clinician, speaker, and advocate specializing in first responder mental health and trauma recovery. Through clinical expertise, tailored guidance, and educational outreach, she provides emergency service personnel and their families with practical tools to process job-related trauma, navigate operational stress, and build sustainable wellness.

Website: ashleadillard.com

We address and combat multiple issues plaguing the Veteran and First Responder Community. Our foundation stands as a beacon of hope, providing the tools, support, and brotherhood needed to thrive beyond the battlefield.

22 veterans take their own lives every day. We're here to change that statistic.

The transition from military to civilian life presents unique challenges that require specialized support.

Traditional resources often fall short. We provide comprehensive, warrior-centered care.

Website: https://www.battleforgedfoundation.org/

Founder, Jeff Dill, retired Captain of the Palatine Rural Fire Protection District in Inverness, IL, started Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (FBHA) to directly educate firefighters/ Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel and their families about behavioral health issues such as depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), anxiety and addictions, as well as firefighter suicides.

The rapidly increasing number of firefighter suicides is jaw dropping, and as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Jeff knows firsthand that firefighters and EMS personnel are faced with emotional needs that are very unique to their occupations, and many are struggling from career related stress. When symptoms occur, they need a support system in place that is readily accessible from someone who is qualified and truly understands his or her circumstances.

FBHA’s goal is to provide behavioral health workshops to fire departments and EMS organizations across the globe, focusing on behavioral health awareness with a strong drive towards suicide prevention and promoting resources available to firefighters/EMS and their families. Specific behavioral health workshops will include “An Internal Size-Up” which educates fire personnel on how to look for signs and symptoms of behavioral health problems, how to communicate with their employees, confidentiality, and roles/responsibilities and “Saving Those Who Save Others.” Workshops also can be directed at spouses/partners and children of firefighters/EMS. FBHA’s goal is to promote good mental health to the men and women of the fire service/EMS and their families, as well as make a significant difference in reducing the number of personnel that are turning to suicide to ease their pain. In an effort to meet demand, we have hired Ambassadors to spread the word across the US and Canada. We have also added instructors to facilitate the high demand for workshops.

FBHA is also focused on training for EAP organizations, Professional Clinicians, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Doctors, Social Workers, Marriage Counselors, Chaplains and those dedicated to helping firefighters. “A Firefighter’s Life”, educates about the culture of firefighters, myths and beliefs of behavioral health and the mentality of being a firefighter. An emphasis of the workshop is placed on the education of basic terminology, understanding emotional and physical stressors, addictions, suicide information, role-play, group discussion, and search & rescue exercise and question/answer session with the instructor.

FBHA’s initiative is also designed to develop funding to assist surviving family members of firefighter/EMS suicides, host retreats for the families of firefighter suicides, and offer an educational scholarship program for children, spouses, partners of firefighter suicide victims, as well as support firefighters and their families suffering from behavioral health issues.

The mission of FBHA is to collaborate, develop and implement behavioral health awareness, prevention, intervention, and post crisis strategies to provide firefighters with an easily accessible and confidential source of information. Using best practices and protocols, FBHA promotes awareness, education and training, communication, integration of services, resources and support to the men and women of the fire service and EMS. In furtherance of these goals, FBHA undertakes educational projects aimed at chaplain programs that deal with behavioral health issues of firefighters/EMS, survivors and their families. Contributions to FBHA may be deductible from Federal income as a charitable donation.

Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) charitable organization. 

Website: https://www.ffbha.org/