This map is to help anyone seeking temporary, voluntary firearm storage options in Washoe County. When possible, temporarily removing all access to firearms, ammunition, or disarming firearm components – such a bolt or firing is important to keep persons at risk for suicide safe for now.
The Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention’s Reduce Access to Lethal Means Program understands keeping firearms and medications locked up reduces the possibility of a death by suicide. To address this, OSP is working with community agencies to provide safes and locks for firearms to families whose members who may be in crisis and at risk for suicide.
The mission of the Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention is to reduce the rates of suicide and suicidal acts in Nevada through statewide collaborative efforts to develop, implement and evaluate a state strategy which advances the goals and objectives of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
Suicide Prevention Network (SPN) is a non-profit agency located in Douglas County, Nevada dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide and to providing the resources for you to receive help and support in a confidential environment, free of charge.
This fact sheet outlines emotional, professional, and organizational postvention strategies to help reduce the risk of disenfranchised grief (i.e., grief that is not socially validated) and professional impairment among providers who have lost a client to suicide. It also includes a list of resources.
This video series features providers sharing their personal and professional experiences of losing a client to suicide. These professionals emphasize the importance of practicing self-compassion, seeking support, and honoring the client’s life.