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Northern Illinois
Critical Incident Stress Management Team

Helping Those Who Help Others

Welcome!

The Northern Illinois Critical Incident Stress Management (NICISM) Team

is dedicated to providing immediate comprehensive crisis response interventions and pre-incident stress management education for emergency service personnel throughout the Chicagoland area.  Our service area includes the following counties:  Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will.

We strive to provide the highest standards of Critical Incident response to any emergency service person or group involved in a traumatic incident.  Our crisis intervention services are free of charge and strictly confidential. LEARN MORE

About Our Team

The Northern Illinois Critical Incident Stress Management (NI-CISM) Team is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization made up of trained volunteers from the mental health and emergency professions.  Peers from law enforcement, fire service, dispatch, emergency medical services and hospital emergency room staff are all represented on the team. LEARN MORE


UPCOMING TRAINING

The NI-CISM Team is in the initial phases of planning another training course soon, but we have no definite dates right now.  Please watch this space for further details as soon as they available.

We are very happy to notify you directly when future training schedules have been finalized. Please contact our Education Coordinator, Dan Roach, to be included in our notification list.  We will contact you by e-mail when the next course has been scheduled.

We sincerely appreciate your interest and support.


Proud Recipient
ICISF Excellence in
Training & Education Award


2023 Northern Illinois CISM Team
Member of the Year

Aaron Polsky


Upcoming Events

October 1st, 2024
Tuesday, 7:00PM

Team Meeting
All team members
are encouraged to attend!!

Kane County Sheriff's Office
37W755 Illinois Route 38
St. Charles, IL 60175

November 06, 2024
Wednesday, 10:30AM

Executive Board Meeting
Board meetings are open and
all team members are welcome!!

Meeting online.
Check email for link.

December 5th, 2024
Thursday, 6:30PM

Annual Team Holiday Party
Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity
for team fraternity!!

Shoeless Joe's Ale House & Grille
1480 W Lake Street
Addison, IL 60101