“…Alongside military health care workers, public health service workers, and state, local, and volunteers, FAVs therefore play an important role in protecting citizens in the aftermath of disasters, being not spared by a wide range of mental health consequences such as post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), depression, anxiety, acute stress, and particularly BOS 22) . Indeed, FAVs are not spared by the rising threat of workplace violence, a significant effector eliciting job burnout [23][24][25][26][27][28][29] . Among FAVs, ambulance workers are particularly exposed to verbal/psychological violence during their duties, and this risk factor has been associated with high level of burnout 30,31) , with a resulting increased risk for critical incidents [32][33] .…”