Eastern PA Regional Critical Incident Stress Management Team

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Eastern PA Regional Critical Incident Stress Management Team

The CISM Team is trained to provide a series of interventions that have proved to be effective in stopping the escalation of symptoms.

Serving Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Schuylkill Counties

"Serving Those Who Serve Others"

01/27/2026

Rescheduled TEAM Training: "Trauma-Informed Peer Support" (Virtual). Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 1800 hours (6 pm). Virtual link provided to Eastern PA CISM Team members by email.

01/23/2026

Upcoming CISM Team Event: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (1800 hours / 6 pm) IN PERSON at EMS Council

Topic: Partners in Crisis Responding featuring DCORT (Barb Daigle), LVLEOPS (Ben Iobst), FRCC (Peter Keady), LVCART (Tory Schadler), CIS Program (Candace LoPresti).

DON'T MISS THIS!

01/15/2026

Another event that may be of interest to CISM Team members. Thanks Nick Timar for sending this in.

01/07/2026

Upcoming TEAM Meeting, Trauma-Informed Peer Support. Tuesday, January 13, 1800 hours (6 pm). See link and password for access.

Link: https://wcupa.zoom.us/my/drtucker

See email for passcode to access the meeting

12/31/2025

To all our CISM TEAM members and the entire first responder community, the Eastern PA CISM Team wishes you a Happy New Year!

12/19/2025

UPCOMING CISM TRAINING

Email Wanda Keener at knr1025@comcast.net for more information and/or to register for the class.

12/12/2025

Save the date, Tuesday, January 13th: Team Meeting w/ brief presentation on Trauma-Informed Peer Support, 6:00 pm.

This will be a virtual meeting on Zoom, the Zoom link will be distributed at a later date.

12/02/2025

Holiday Party cancelled: Unfortunately, due to lack of RSVPs, a decision was made to cancel the annual holiday party. We will try to find some other ways to get together in the new year!

11/26/2025

Dear Team Members,

The Leadership Committee wishes to extend our hopes for a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. We are thankful for our wonderful peer-supporters who help support the needs of first responders throughout Eastern Pennsylvania. CISM works because of your dedication to help first responders after difficult incidents. We thank you for your dedication.

Keep in mind that our annual Holiday Party is on Saturday, December 6th (right around the corner) at 2:00 pm at the EMS Council Building. If you plan on bringing a dish to share, please contact Joanne ASAP. Her email is joannekrug@gmail.com.

Steve Ridgeway set up a great deal for our team members for CISM team clothing with our logo on it. It seems like many team members requested this, but we only have 10 orders. If you wish to take advantage of this opportunity, please read the following, the store closes on November 30th, so orders must be placed before then. See Steve's message below.

Good Afternoon Everyone

First, I hope everyone has a Great Thanksgiving!

Better News-

We are keeping the Store open till Sunday, November 30th, 2025 . We only have 10 orders, and were hoping for more. I know, everyone was talking about clothing, and now we have the chance to order some great items from the store.

The online - store will be open till November 30th -
Payment will be online….
Everything will be packaged per order.
Once everyone's orders are complete, Steve will pick up the entire order, and at the next scheduled meeting, the order will be delivered.
Any questions, please get in touch with me @ steveridgway@lehighcounty.org

The Store is up and running for us now. Please click on the link:

https://www.storessimple.com/allamericagraphics/groupproducts.php?rodgroup_id=39122&prodgroupbypass=true

Thanks, The Leadership Committee!

11/24/2025

Hey all EPAR TEAM MEMBERS, If you wanted to order CISM team clothing with logo, you must do so ASAP, the store will be closing soon:. They have shirts, sweat pants, hats, and a bag. Get your merchandise while you can. Reasonable prices.

11/21/2025

As a reminder, our TEAM Holiday Party is on Saturday, December 6th at 2:00 pm at the EMS Council Headquarters: 4801 Kernsville Rd, Orefield, PA 18069. This will be a potluck type event, please reach out to Joanne about what you intend to bring!

10/30/2025

Team Members, save the dates for upcoming team events! Please click on post to see all events.

NOVEMBER EVENTS

Wednesday, November 12, 2025:
Mental Wellness for Veterans and First Responders. Presented by Dr. Ben Iobst. Register through EventBrite: Scroll down this FB page to see the QR code.

Thursday, November 13, 2025:
Thankfulness Workshop with Dr. Jane M. Tucker during team meeting- In person at the EMS Council Office at 6:00 pm. We will be making inspirational refrigerator/dishwasher/freezer magnets, a fun arts and crafts activity!

DECEMBER EVENTS

Holiday Celebration at EMS Council Office - Saturday, December 6th, 2-5 pm. Bring family and cookies or covered dish. Sign up with Joanne.

JANUARY EVENTS

Tuesday, January 13, 2026: Trauma Informed Peer Support with Dr. Jane M. Tucker (Virtual Meeting), Zoom link will be distributed to all team members.

FYI- If you have a specialized training or workshop you would like to present to the team, please reach out to Joanne to let her know.

Address

Orefield, PA
18069

Website

https://www.easternemscouncil.org/resources/cism/

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