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Crisis Response Team Members
We would like to invite you to become a "civilian" volunteer member of our City's Crisis Response Team (CRT). City of L.A. CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM NOW RECRUITING! Please contact CRT Manager Jeffrey Zimerman lacrt@lacity.org for more information. You will need to fill out an application and be approved thru the screening process.
Crisis Response Team (CRT) members are community volunteers who respond to traumatic incidents at the request of the Los Angeles Police & Los Angeles Fire Departments. CRT provides immediate on-scene crisis intervention, attends to survival & comfort needs, acts as a liaison between the victim & emergency personnel and gives referrals to victims & their families affected by a death, a serious injury, a violent crime or other traumatic incidents.
These include homicides, suicides, serious traffic accidents, natural deaths and multi-casualty incidents. The CRT program is managed by the Mayors Office of Homeland Security & Public Safety in collaboration with the City's Fire & Police Departments.
The eight-week training sessions begins on April 13 thru June 3, 2010 and are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the LAPD Academy in Westchester, located near Los Angeles International Airport.
Individuals interested in learning more about volunteering for the Crisis Response Team should contact Jeffrey Zimerman, M.S.W. Crisis Response Team Manager by e-mail: LACRT@lacity. org.
Training for new team members and to view flier...click here.
Jeffrey Zimerman, M.S.W.
Manager, Crisis Response Team
Office of the Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
Mayor's Office of Homeland Security & Public Safety
