Evaluating critical incident stress: educational efforts. Fire executive development.

By:

Cotten, Dan J

Contributor(s):

National Fire Academy; Executive Fire Officer Program

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: FEB 1990Description: 17p., 7 refs, 3 figsReport number: Institutional/Corporate BodySubject: A random group of fire fighters, paramedics, and some communication officers were given a questionnaire to find out how much they knew about Critical Incident Stress and if they knew that the department had a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team available to them. The results indicated that a significant percentage of the department was not informed as they should have been as far as what is available concerning Critical Incident Stress help. Education and training is a responsibility of the department. All personnel should be trained to recognize Critical Incident Stress and how to access the system in order to receive help for either themselves or their co-workers.Subject: Critical incident stressSubject: Critical incident stress debriefSubject: Emergency response

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An applied research project submitted to the National Fire Academy as part of the Executive Fire Officer Program

A random group of fire fighters, paramedics, and some communication officers were given a questionnaire to find out how much they knew about Critical Incident Stress and if they knew that the department had a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team available to them. The results indicated that a significant percentage of the department was not informed as they should have been as far as what is available concerning Critical Incident Stress help. Education and training is a responsibility of the department. All personnel should be trained to recognize Critical Incident Stress and how to access the system in order to receive help for either themselves or their co-workers.