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You Will Not Stand Alone – Interagency Guide to Critical Incident Management
You Will Not Stand Alone (YWNSA) – Interagency Guide to Critical Incident Management is intended to provide guidelines for Agency Administrators, employees, family members, and others who have been affected by a critical incident. Line of duty deaths, off duty deaths, suicides, serious accidents, and serious injuries are extraordinary traumatic events for both the surviving family members and our employees.
The following documents are provided to you as tools to assist you in building your Critical Incident Response Plan and providing leadership when one of your own makes the ultimate sacrifice.
Agency Administrator - Highest ranking line officer regardless of agency.
- Agency Administrators Guide – designed to assist Agency Administrators in dealing with critical incidents
- Leadership Considerations – Five essential needs that people have following a critical incident
- Absence and Leave Policy - Funeral Attendance
- Family Liaison Selection Consideration – What to consider when selecting a Family Liaison
- Death Notification Checklist – Agencies and Companies to notify in case of fatality
- Agency Administrators Checklist – Before, During and After Incident checklist
- FS Death and Serious Injury Handbook – Agency Desk Guide
- BLM Death and Serious Injury Handbook – Agency Desk Guide
- BLM_FS Funding Matrix for Serious Injury or Death – A good summary of what we can pay for and what we can’t
- Fatality Site Preparation – Things to consider with a site visit
- Line Officer Reference Guide – Line Of Duty (LODD) and Non-Line of Duty Death (Non-LODD) Approvals
- Emergency Notification Information Form – All employees should complete one of these
- The Notification Process – Do’s and Don’ts
- Next of Kin Follow-up Worksheet – Family contacts
- Sample Delegation of Authority Letter #1
- Sample Delegation of Authority Letter #2
Hospital Liaison
- Facilitating Treatment of Traumatic Injury – 2013 Lenise Lago letter
- Inventory of Personal Items – Documentation sheet
- My Employee Has a Serious Injury – USFS - Steps to take
- NWCG Standards for Burn Injuries – 2008 NWCG Chair
- Template Hospital Liaison Program – Excellent document to use in building your Hospital Liaison Plan
- What to Do If You Or an Employee has an Exposure
Family Liaison
- Reference Guide Benefits - Identifying Federal Survivor Benefit Programs
- CSRS Death Benefits - Booklet
- Family Liaison Duties – Immediate, 24 hours, 48 hours, Longterm
- Family Liaison Pointers
- Family Support Checklist for Fatalities
- FERS Death Benefits - Booklet
- Fire Terminology and Topography Reference
- Family Liaison Roles and Responsibilities – Is this what you want to do?
- Gratuity Payments – Great Spreadsheet on LODD Gratuity payments
- TSP Death Benefits – Booklet
- Initiation of Benefits
Toolkit
- Facilitated Learning Guide – Discussion tools
- Chiefs Letter Introducing CRP – What CRP means to you and me
- Reactions to Crisis and Trauma – Common reactions you may see to crisis and trauma
- When a Co-worker Commits Suicide
- Stress First Aid
Links
- Wildland Firefighter Foundation
- Suicide – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention – Help.org
- Change Direction - Learn The Five Signs That Someone May Be Suffering Emotionally
- International Critical Stress Foundation
- Accident Investigation Resources
- Burn Centers
- Agency Administrators Guide – designed to assist Agency Administrators in dealing with critical incidents
- Leadership Considerations – Five essential needs that people have following a critical incident
- Absence and Leave Policy - Funeral Attendance
- Family Liaison Selection Consideration – What to consider when selecting a Family Liaison
- Death Notification Checklist – Agencies and Companies to notify in case of fatality
- Agency Administrators Checklist – Before, During and After Incident checklist
- FS Death and Serious Injury Handbook – Agency Desk Guide
- BLM Death and Serious Injury Handbook – Agency Desk Guide
- BLM_FS Funding Matrix for Serious Injury or Death – A good summary of what we can pay for and what we can’t
- Fatality Site Preparation – Things to consider with a site visit
- Line Officer Reference Guide – Line Of Duty (LODD) and Non-Line of Duty Death (Non-LODD) Approvals
- Emergency Notification Information Form – All employees should complete one of these
- The Notification Process – Do’s and Don’ts
- Next of Kin Follow-up Worksheet – Family contacts
- Sample Delegation of Authority Letter #1
- Sample Delegation of Authority Letter #2
Hospital Liaison
- Facilitating Treatment of Traumatic Injury – 2013 Lenise Lago letter
- Inventory of Personal Items – Documentation sheet
- My Employee Has a Serious Injury – USFS - Steps to take
- NWCG Standards for Burn Injuries – 2008 NWCG Chair
- Template Hospital Liaison Program – Excellent document to use in building your Hospital Liaison Plan
- What to Do If You Or an Employee has an Exposure
Family Liaison
- Reference Guide Benefits - Identifying Federal Survivor Benefit Programs
- CSRS Death Benefits - Booklet
- Family Liaison Duties – Immediate, 24 hours, 48 hours, Longterm
- Family Liaison Pointers
- Family Support Checklist for Fatalities
- FERS Death Benefits - Booklet
- Fire Terminology and Topography Reference
- Family Liaison Roles and Responsibilities – Is this what you want to do?
- Gratuity Payments – Great Spreadsheet on LODD Gratuity payments
- TSP Death Benefits – Booklet
- Initiation of Benefits
Toolkit
- Facilitated Learning Guide – Discussion tools
- Chiefs Letter Introducing CRP – What CRP means to you and me
- Reactions to Crisis and Trauma – Common reactions you may see to crisis and trauma
- When a Co-worker Commits Suicide
- Stress First Aid
Links
- Wildland Firefighter Foundation
- Suicide – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Suicide Prevention – Help.org
- Change Direction - Learn The Five Signs That Someone May Be Suffering Emotionally
- International Critical Stress Foundation
- Accident Investigation Resources
- Burn Centers