Join the Team

The Metro CISM Team is currently recruiting Metro-Area emergency service personnel (communications/dispatchers, ED staff, Fire Fighters, Law Enforcement & Paramedics) for CISM peer training and Team membership.

CISM Team Membership Entails:

  1. Completion of an application and interview.
  2. A letter of support from your agency/department/supervisor included with your application.
  3. 40 hours of peer support training attendance (free of charge to you/your agency/department).
  4. A one year Team commitment to membership – a minimum of eight hours per year.  You are expected to attend Team meetings (once a month if possible), conduct defusing and debriefings with other Team members and conduct CISM pre-incident awareness training (if you like to train) and provide one-to-one peer support to emergency service personnel in the Metro Region and mutual-aid in other regions if requested.
If you are interested in CISM for emergency service personnel, motivated and dedicated to providing confidential peer support to your fellow emergency service personnel, please download the Peer Volunteer Description and the Application. If you have any questions please contact Sue Johnston, Executive Director of the Metro CISM Team   612-606-0131.

Peer Volunteer Description
Application

Both of these documents are in Word format.

You may send mail to the team at the following:

Metro CISM Team
4306 Bryant Ave S
Mpls, MN 55409