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David Boucher has been a professional firefighter for 20 years and is currently an Acting Captain with the Central York Fire Service. He has spent years developing his skills not only as a CISM instructor, but as a leader. Starting his career with the Canadian Forces in the combat arms, his drive and skills led him to the Special Forces, sending him on numerous overseas tours.
Following this, David pursued a career in firefighting, first working with the Canadian Forces and then with Central York Fire Services. He quickly brought his special set of skills and leadership abilities to good use there, becoming a Shift Training Instructor for both rope rescue and ice water rescue, as well as a peer fitness trainer. Read more here…
Steve Horner is a retired police officer with 32 years of experience in a variety of assignments. He spent his full career with York Regional Police. He joined the York Region CISM Team in 1997 and remains a member to this day.
In retirement, Steve is continuing his work in the Peer Support field by delivering training under the ICISF model, and Living Works Suicide Intervention training.
Steve also consults with organizations who seek to start peer support or critical incident stress management programs. Steve has recently joined the team at Keel Mind and will be pleased to discuss their free peer support tool with you. Read more about Steve here…
If you were part of the Warren Brinkman Being a Leader in Mental Health Track, we are interested in hearing from you.
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We provide psychological first aid training
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peer support program development consultation
ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis introductory training
ICISF Group Crisis Intervention introductory training
Living Works Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
ICISF Peer Paracounseling
ICISF Psychological Body Armor
Advanced Group Crisis Intervention
The ICISF has been in the Psychological First Aid (PFA), Peer Support and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), field since it was founded in 1987. Read about the history of the ICISF here.
When considering a model to follow, be sure to understand their experiences and depth of expertise in your field.