Critical Incident Stress Management

The Public BCSARA Site contains a wealth of information on the CISM program.

The Member's only CISM page on this site contains additional information and links that may not be available on the public web site.

Recent CISM posts

  • COVID-19 SAFETY ADVISORY #29
    Revisions of Provincial Health Orders on April 08, 2022
  • CISM Program Recruitment
    The BCSARA Critical Incident Stress Management Program is in need of more Peer Support Persons and we are recruiting!  PLEASE SHARE this request and attachments with every one of the SAR Volunteers on your team.  To Apply Please see the Peer Recruitment Letter for more details about our program and what we are looking for in… Read more: CISM Program Recruitment
  • CISM Covid-19 Bulletin #4
    This bulletin will introduce our new CISM program coordinator, Amber Riel, as she describes how COVID-19 has impacted her work/life and how she is coping with these challenges. Amber is a Kootenay girl through and through, getting her start in SAR with Kimberley Search & Rescue prior to moving to Creston in 2012. She has… Read more: CISM Covid-19 Bulletin #4
  • Resilience in the Time of COVID
    a recording of our June 18 CISM Town Hall meeting, titled “Resilience in the Time of Covid “.
  • Search and Rescue Volunteer Attitudes Survey
    The BCSARA Critical Incident Stress Management Program (CISMP) is sponsoring a survey titled “Search and Rescue Volunteer Attitudes Survey” which is being conducted by a fellow Search and Rescue Volunteer, Dr. Martin Martens from the Vancouver Island University.