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Crisis Counseling for First Responders - Chesapeake, Tidewater EMS Council

1104 Madison Plaza, Suite 101, Chesapeake, VA 23320

Eligibility

Must be emergency personnel experiencing the effects of a traumatic incident, or requesting education regarding critical incident stress management.

Hours

Emergencies call our pager (757) 307-0184 anytime. For questions, requests for education or other non-emergency business call our office weekdays 9am - 5pm.
https://www.tidewaterems.org
[email protected]

Application process

Telephone referral to a dispatch center who contacts an on duty team member, usually call back the requester within 2 hours

Service area

Portsmouth City, VA
Franklin City, VA
Chesapeake City, VA
Virginia Beach City, VA
Norfolk City, VA
Suffolk City, VA
Isle of Wight County, VA
Accomack County, VA
Southampton County, VA
Northampton County, VA

Description

Critical Incident Stress Management teams work with individuals or groups of emergency medical services, fire, law enforcement and dispatch personnel who may suffer from stress after being involved in a critical incident. Team members provide stress defusing, debriefings, one on one sessions, demobilization, family support and educational programs. For emergencies call our pager (757) 307-0184 anytime. For questions, requests for education or other non-emergency business call our office (757) 963-0632 weekdays 9am - 5pm.

Providing organization

Tidewater EMS Council

Offers planning and implementation of emergency medical services though timely response skillful treatment with safe and rapid transport to definitive care.