The First Twenty

Where it begins

The First Twenty is a non-profit committed to the health and wellness of First Responders and all members of our communities. Learn More »

Our learning platform offers courses to address all aspects of a healthy lifestyle by encouraging participants to develop daily habits around mental resilience, physical fitness and healthy eating.

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Master The Moment

April 12, 2024

Master The Moment clinic brings together a unique blend of high performance techniques that keep wrestlers ready and resilient in their moments.

We Are Resilient

September 15, 2023

Teaming up with Penn State athletes, our WE ARE RESILIENT campaign brings our clinically trialed resilience program to athletes and firefighters throughout the state of Pennsylvania.

Alabama Black Belt Rising

March 10, 2023

Through a generous grant from the Ardmore Institute of Health, we take our Road to Resilience program down south to help the wonderful people of the Alabama Black Belt.

Arizona Strong

May 15, 2022

Northern Arizona University performs a unprecedented third clinical trial of our Road to Resilience program with three fire departments in Arizona.

Teaming Up For Wildland Firefighters

September 23, 2020

The First Twenty and Homeland Security Team Up to Build Spiritual Resilience in Our Nation’s Wildland Firefighters.

Keeping Air Mobility Command Moving

July 3, 2019

The First Twenty digs in with Chief Mark Cornell and the firefighters from the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron.

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Step into the unknown with greater meaning, purpose, and performance. The Road to Resilience is a program that offers a formalized process which helps us move through tough times and bring the best of ourselves to every situation.

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Who we work with

Proven Results Based on FEMA + NIH Clinical Trials

From 2014- 2017, using our program, FEMA conducted a two and a half year department-based clinical trail covering over 1,000 first responder nation wide.

From 2016-2017, our program was used by the NIH in a two year clinic-based clinical trial covering over 500 first responders from New York state.