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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