{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-22-102","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-22-102","heading":"Critical incident debriefing - Definition","body":"(a) As used in this section, \"critical incident\" means an event that has a stressful impact sufficient to overwhelm a person's usually effective coping skills, including an event that falls outside the range of ordinary human experience. (b) A local government that maintains a fire department shall adopt a policy that: (1) Shall make available to a firefighter who has been involved in a critical incident the opportunity to participate in a debriefing by a mental health professional or a certified peer support member as defined under § 16-40-106 ; and (2) Shall require the fire department to assist a firefighter who has been involved in a critical incident in obtaining additional services that may assist the firefighter in recovering from psychological effects resulting from the critical incident. Added by Act 2021, No. 921,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.\n\n(a) As used in this section, \"critical incident\" means an event that has a stressful impact sufficient to overwhelm a person's usually effective coping skills, including an event that falls outside the range of ordinary human experience.\n\n(b) A local government that maintains a fire department shall adopt a policy that: (1) Shall make available to a firefighter who has been involved in a critical incident the opportunity to participate in a debriefing by a mental health professional or a certified peer support member as defined under § 16-40-106 ; and (2) Shall require the fire department to assist a firefighter who has been involved in a critical incident in obtaining additional services that may assist the firefighter in recovering from psychological effects resulting from the critical incident.\n\n(1) Shall make available to a firefighter who has been involved in a critical incident the opportunity to participate in a debriefing by a mental health professional or a certified peer support member as defined under § 16-40-106 ; and\n\n(2) Shall require the fire department to assist a firefighter who has been involved in a critical incident in obtaining additional services that may assist the firefighter in recovering from psychological effects resulting from the critical incident.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 22","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"1148ac1e01bc6e9e12438eadf87ea8937fdf6f92ef76f45c9cc67f7c6070a777","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-22-101","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-22-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}