About Us

Since 1991, we have provided education and crisis intervention specifically designed to assist emergency responders in coping with the stresses inherent in their professions.

 

Critical Incident Stress Management Association

The CISM Association is a volunteer, not for profit organization was established in 1991 to provide education and specific form of crisis intervention. The Association and Team members are comprised of law enforcement and EMS professionals, firefighters, communicators, nurses, chaplains and mental health professionals who volunteer time to make these to make services available at no cost to emergency services personnel and organizations. The Association is a nonprofit organization that is overseen by an elected Board of Directors.

Team Structure

The Greater St. Louis Region CISM Association services include the support and oversight of an organized, selected regional intervention team. The Team functions under the supervision and direction of a Program/Clinical Coordinator and adheres to overall guidelines and protocols established by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.

Types of membership include the following:

  • Organizational
    Organizations that are interested in furthering the development and maintenance of CISM services. ( Non-voting)

  • Individual
    Individuals who are interested in supporting the Association’s purposes (voting)

  • Intervention Team
    Individual association members who upon completion of a formal application, oral interview and training process are selected to provide crisis intervention services such as debriefings, defusing, etc. Intervention team members are required to complete and maintain a number of specific criteria and requirements.

  • Board of Directors
    Individual association members who are elected to a two year term by the CISM Association to direct the overall operations of the organization. Categories seek to provide representation of professions served by the CISM organization (Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement) and attention is paid to promote representation of the various geographic regions served.