BOARDMAN - The Clarence R. Smith Jr. Family Mahoning Valley First Responder Wellness Center opened in central Boardman on Tuesday afternoon to provide physical and mental health services and training sessions for first responders.

The facility is open to first responders from Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties.

The wellness center partnered with local health professionals to aid the 152 first responder agencies in the area, according to its website . The center focuses on trauma-related issues as well as general well-being.

"One minute, they could be in a terrible car accident pulling someone out of a car," said Mahoning County commissioner and Smith Wellness Center trustee Geno DiFabio.

"The next minute, they gotta turn it off and go home. This is a place for in between.

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