Guidebook - When the Call comes Home

When the Call Comes Home

A guide for partners and families of first responders

Some calls do not end when the uniform comes off.

They come home with us. Quietly. Unseen. But deeply felt.

When the Call Comes Home is a heartfelt guide for the people who stand behind firefighters, paramedics, police officers and all emergency responders.

For the ones who wait.

For the ones who feel the silence.

For the ones who love someone who has seen too much.

Tim Messner and Dominik Kloppe know both sides of this life.

They have lived it themselves, as firefighters and as undertakers, standing close to tragedy, grief and the reality that some experiences cannot simply be left behind.

This guide helps partners and families to understand what happens when an emergency responder changes after tough calls.

It shows you how to recognize warning signs, how to support without losing yourself and how to stay strong together as a family.

Inside you will find:

✅ real insights into emotional stress after deployments

✅ practical support strategies for everyday life

✅ self care tools for partners and spouses

✅ guidance for children in rescuer families

✅ checklists, exercises and an emergency plan for difficult moments

✅ encouraging stories and honest perspectives

This is not a clinical textbook.

It is a real guide written from experience, built to bring understanding, stability and hope back into the home.

Because in the end, the mission should never destroy what matters most.

Together we are stronger. At work and at home