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Knight Division TacticalHow do I order CISM clinicians from KDT?
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Services
Yes.
KDT provides critical incident stress management (CISM) services for wildfire incidents: trained mental health professionals who provide crisis intervention as part of a CISM team after a critical incident, on short notice, any day of the week.
Typical configuration
- Personnel
- Trained mental health professionals (MHPs) serving on a CISM team
- Service
- Crisis intervention on an as-needed basis after a critical incident
- Availability
- Immediate need, including weekdays, weekends, holidays and after hours
- Typical response
- Clinician and CIPS group on site within 48–72 hours of the request
- Training
- Can be requested to deliver training using ICISF curriculum
- Clients
- State, local, tribal and private incidents and agencies
When an agency determines that something on a fire is a critical incident, the people involved need support quickly. A CISM response brings a critical incident peer support (CIPS) group together with clinicians who provide crisis intervention on scene.
KDT gives an incident immediate access to trained mental health professionals (MHPs) who serve on the CISM team once the agency determines an event is a critical incident. Requests come on short notice, weekdays, weekends, holidays and after hours, and the clinician and the critical incident peer support (CIPS) group are generally needed on site within 48–72 hours.
KDT provides CISM clinicians to incidents and agencies, including state, local, tribal and private incidents, organized the way the USFS/BLM National CISM program organizes them: crisis intervention on an as-needed basis as part of the CISM team.
Available as
- Clinician (MHP) for a CISM team response
- Training using ICISF curriculum
What's included
- Trained mental health professionals for the ordered response
- Crisis intervention services on scene
- Coordination with the incident's CISM team and peer supporters
Where it's used
- Crisis intervention for employees involved in a critical incident
- CISM team responses requested by the agency on short notice
- Training using ICISF curriculum, in support of NWCG and agency courses
Questions, answered.
How do I order CISM clinicians from KDT?
Call or send the request when the agency determines a critical incident has happened. KDT staffs trained mental health professionals to the CISM team on short notice, any day of the week.
How fast does a CISM team get to the incident?
Requests are short notice, and the clinician and peer support group are generally expected on site within 48–72 hours of the request.
Who does KDT provide CISM for?
Incidents and agencies, including state, local, tribal and private incidents.
Who is on a wildfire CISM team?
A CISM response brings the critical incident peer support (CIPS) group together with trained mental health professionals, who provide the crisis intervention services.
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