Session 7 | Leading Resilience, Recovery and Psychosocial Safety
Focus: Building psychological readiness, supporting responder wellbeing, strengthening recovery pathways, and creating cultures that sustain people before, during and after critical incidents.
PRESENTATIONS
14:00–14:20 | Predictive Resilience: Mapping Psychological Fitness to Rescue Operations
Presenter: TBC
Abstract:
True resilience is built long before the alarm sounds. This session details data-driven resilience frameworks tailored to the unique stresses of mines rescue and emergency response teams, introducing practical models to assess cognitive loading, emotional regulation and recovery.
14:20–14:40 | Same Psychosocial Hazards, Experienced Differently: Matching Responder Support To Risk Patterns
Presenter: Yhana Lanwin
Abstract:
True resilience is built long before the alarm sounds. This session outlines data-driven frameworks tailored to the unique stresses of mines rescue and emergency response teams, introducing models to assess cognitive load, emotional regulation, and recovery. We will share early, sector-wide findings from Reflectal's Psychosocial Hazard Assessment (RPHA) conducted with the University of Notre Dame, and introduce a new research project exploring demographic risk variance across FIFO, volunteer, and contract emergency responders.
14:40–15:00 | The Safety Net: Miners Promise and BSS Integrated Crisis Support
Presenter: Miners Promise TBC
Abstract:
This presentation outlines the integrated crisis response protocol between Miners Promise and BSS, providing a practical blueprint for immediate and long-term psychosocial support to affected families, workgroups and responder cohorts after critical incidents.
15:00-15:20 | Combined Final Panel Discussion – Sessions 5, 6 & 7
Leading People, Trust and Care: Building Connected, Inclusive and Resilient Response Systems
Panel focus:
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How inclusive leadership improves operational outcomes
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Creating cultures where responders are connected, heard and supported
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Strengthening social licence through visible community value
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The intersection between psychosocial safety and clinical performance
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How remote response systems can preserve both patient outcomes and responder wellbeing
15:20–15:30 | Day 2 Summary & Theatre Close (10 mins)

