Emergency Service Peer Support Course Set 


DATE:  September 16-19 (8am-5pm each day)

LOCATION: Jackson, TN
COST: $350 (lodging and meals on your own)

  

This course provides the four components of Peer Support Excellence: Individual Crisis Intervention; Mental Health First Aid; Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Post-vention; and Effective Referral.

 TFFC / TESCA is committed to providing quality training courses, educational opportunities, and relevant training materials to prepare emergency service chaplains for a wide span of scenarios. Without adequate, and practical training you as a chaplain cannot be as effective in fulfilling your role serving others. This page is constantly updated with  classes currently being offered,  so please check back often for updates.

Essentials of Emergency Service Chaplaincy *

*Prerequisites: NIMS 700, 800, 100 & 200


DATE:  August 2-3, 2024 (8am-5pm each day)

LOCATION: Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy, Bell Buckle, TN 
COST: $270 (lunches only) / $380 (lodging and meals)

  

This course provides the nationally recognized Federation of Fire Chaplains foundation for Fire/Rescue/EMS chaplain service and teaches an established and credentialed system of protocols in order to provide chaplaincy to emergency workers and the public. 

ICISF: Crisis Informed Peer Para-Counseling *

​*Prerequisites: CISM: Individual and Group Crisis Intervention


DATE:  July 31 - August 1, 2024 (8am-5pm each day)

LOCATION: Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy, Bell Buckle, TN 
COST: $220 (lunches only) / $330 (lodging and meals)

  

Crisis Informed Peer Para-Counseling (CIPP) expands the support tools of peer counselors to collectively cope with trauma and disasters. CIPP will become the 1:1 follow up service to CISD. The unprecedented mix of unique stressors & disasters with limited psychological resources means at risk populations are seeking a strategic crisis response; one that holistically builds the resilience of those in need and expands the support tools of peer counselors to collectively cope with trauma.


UPCOMING TRAINING

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CISM: Grief Following Trauma


DATE:  August 2-3, 2024 (8am-5pm each day)

LOCATION: Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy, Bell Buckle, TN 
COST: $220 (lunches only) / $330 (lodging and meals)

  

Emergency professionals will encounter traumatic death and loss issues personally and professionally. Professionals often feel ill prepared to provide effective care throughout the grief process. This course will cover key grief and loss concepts relating to trauma and traumatic death. Participants will increase their knowledge of how trauma impacts the grief process and will gain skills for evaluating and supporting persons who have experienced traumatic death and loss.

Stress Management for the Trauma Provider

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DATE:  July 29-30, 2024 (8am-5pm each day)

LOCATION: Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy, Bell Buckle, TN 
COST: $220 (lunches only) / $330 (lodging and meals)

  

For those who work with traumatized people. Explore the “Stress Continuum” of eustress, traumatic stress, burnout, counter-transference, compassion fatigue, and vicarious traumatization which may occur as a result of helping others. Individual self-report exercises and an experiential group support session will assist the participants to assess their own level of stress through sharing personal experiences with others.

Advanced Chaplain Field Operations


DATE:  June 20 (8pm) - June 22 (3pm), 2024
LOCATION: Portland, TN 
COST: $250


Unlike any class you have ever taken before. Includes advanced tools for disasters, field communications, establishing and maintaining short-term lodging, outdoor operations packing lists, providing healthy and safe rehab, death notification practical experience, and nighttime operational safety. This course fee includes lodging in field conditions and all meals.  We will have two nighttime exercises during this class.

LAST Team Upgrade Training


DATE:  July 29-30, 2024 (8am-5pm each day)
LOCATION: Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy, Bell Buckle, TN 
COST: $20 (lunches only) / $130 (lodging and meals)


LAST Team Members only.