Transcript Illinois Corps of Fire Chaplains, Inc IL MABAS Chaplain Program

Orientation and Expectations
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Illinois Corps
Of Fire Chaplains, Inc
(ICFC)
Serving Responsibly,
Supporting Faithfully,
Training Effectively and
Setting New Standards for
Fire and Emergency Response
Chaplaincy in Illinois.
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Provide Holistic Care
Effectively serve the
physical, emotional, and
spiritual needs of those
we serve and protect
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What is Holistic Care?
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People are by nature physical, emotional
and spiritual* beings
(*beliefs and values systems)
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We as emergency responders have a
responsibility to serve and protect the
whole person
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Chaplains serve this purpose by
specializing in emotional and spiritual
care
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What is a
Fire Chaplain?
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Cares for the emotional and
spiritual needs of personnel,
families and community in crisis situations
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Understands and trains in fire service culture
and operations
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Not shift based, available 24/7 on assigned
days
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Objectives
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To establish a standard of care and training for
fire service chaplains
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To assist fire agencies to develop chaplain
programs in their own municipalities
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To provide an internal support for personnel
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To create a network for mutual aid in larger
incidents
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Commitment
to the
Fire Service.
Always
ready
All the
time
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• Emergency Responder
and member of the Fire
Service – ‘one of us’
• Committed to serve and
protect along side
firefighters
• Trains to provide a
Standard of Care for
personnel and
community
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• Dependable, faithful, spiritually
driven
• Held to a high standard as a
member of the department
• Not primarily a religious
advisor – not faith specific
• Chaplain communications are
private and confidential
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Really, though…
What does a chaplain do?
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Psychological
First Aid
• We walk with people
in the midst of crisis
We then place them in
the hands of their own
support systems and
needed care.
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Supports “Everyone Goes Home”
Firefighter Life Safety Initiative #13
“Firefighters and
their families must
have access to
counseling and
psychological
support.”
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Aids the Process of CISM
(Critical Incident Stress Management)
 To mitigate the impact of a
horrible event
 To accelerate normal recovery of
normal people reacting to
abnormal events*
 CISM Debriefings should be conducted by a
team of trained peers. Chaplains should not
debrief their own departments.
*Northern Illinois CISM Team.
Hanks, Timothy 1994
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5 Points Of Service
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Firefighters and Staff
Command
Families of Personnel
Victims of Emergencies and
Disasters
5. Fellow Chaplains
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Chaplain Duties
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Visits stations and shifts
Responds to structure fires, deaths and
critical incidents
Makes hospital and home visits
Prayerful support of your needs
Performs weddings, blessings and funerals
Attends meetings, invocations, events
Participates in training
Leads and mentors other fire chaplains
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Chaplains Train To Provide
An Effective Standard of Care
For Those We Serve Together
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 New chaplains do not
always have the skills
needed for this job
 Interviews, orientation,
comprehensive training and
a probationary period
should be required
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RECRUITING A CHAPLAIN
Local pastor/priest
Deacon
Clergy group/Stephen’s ministry
Consider multi-faith needs
Consider Chaplain Team
Hold a meeting to present the
program…see who bites…
3 magic ingredients…
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Basic Training
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PPE & Fire Ground Safety/Operations
Incident Command System (NIMS)
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)
Pastoral Crisis Intervention
Line of Duty Death and FD Funerals
CPR and First Aid
Departmental Training Opportunities
12 week mentoring period (minimum)
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Advanced Training
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Suicide Intervention and Postvention
Disaster Response Deployment Preparation
Grief Following Trauma
Stress Management For Emergency Responders
Family Education
Public Safety Officer Benefits
Communication and Team Effectiveness
Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Implications
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Salvation Army
Emergency Disaster
Services
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A Partner to MABAS Chaplains
Offers CISM Training (ICISF)
through grant funding
Deploys Chaplains to Disaster
Response
Provides Canteen and
Rehab Services
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Communications
In order to help
Chaplains must know
when, where and how
to respond and
have authority to do so
Determine what method works best for your department
• Pager
• Cell Phone
• Dispatch Tone-Out
• 2 Way Radio
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Why are the
Chaplains
working with
MABAS?
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Provides a Network of
Mutual Aid
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Illinois is divided into 62 mutual
aid divisions.
Divisions consist can consist of
any number of departments who
routinely or have the potential to
operate together on a fairly
regular basis.
Each division is governed by the
Chiefs of the participating
agencies.
– Established committees
– Generally agreed upon
operational policies
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The MABAS Division
Chaplain Committee
• 3 Positions
• Chaplain Coordinator
• Chief Liaison
• Training Officer
– Policy Development includes
» Duties and Training
» Committee Guidelines
» Task Force Response
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Over 30 MABAS Divisions have chaplains, but many
are not organized enough to form a chaplain
committee.
In some cases there is only one or a few chaplains in
a Division which makes creating training difficult.
MABAS Division 12 holds Monthly Trainings for
Chaplains at our Training Headquarters.
2nd Thursday of every month 0900-1100
(No Dec Training)
Carol Stream Fire Station #3 (lower level)
1045 West Lies Road
Carols Stream, IL 60133
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www.ilfirechaplains.org
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Provides automatic updates on available
training and service opportunities for
fire chaplains
(if you sign up, which is free and easy to do)
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Sample policies, forms and ideas for
program development
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Professional articles, training PowerPoints
and supplementary reference materials for
emergency and disaster response
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Professional Organizations For
Chaplains
• Federation of Fire Chaplains
(FFC)
www.firechaplains.org
• Illinois Corps of Fire Chaplains
(ICFC)
www.ilfirechaplains.org
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IL MABAS Chaplain Program Leadership Team
 Fire Chief Curt Kramer
Hampshire Fire Department
 Fire Chief Craig Haigh
Hanover Park Fire Department
 Chaplain Jennie Swanson
Hanover Park Fire Department
 Chaplain Darrell Coons
Belleville Fire Department
 Chaplain Roberta Preston
Octavia Fire Protection District
 Chaplain Lee Gatzke
Sauk Village Fire Department
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Thanks!
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