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Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service is here for its employee's and members' mental health and well-being. We developed this web page to help provide resources to our providers to assist them in their time of need. Please don't hesitate to reach out for assistance.
If you are experiencing a difficult time after a critical call and would like to speak with someone from the North Country EMS Program Agency Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Team, please reach out to the on-duty supervisor and they will arrange that. Any conversation you have with the team at NCEMS CISM is confidential, they do not report back to us.
TI Rescue has also partnered with PIVOT of Jefferson County to help us provide mental health, alcohol, and substance abuse counseling to our employees and members. Any conversation you have with the team at PIVOT is confidential, they do not report back to us.
If you wish to reach out to the team at PIVOT their contact information is below.
Phone: 315-788-4790
NYS Suicide Prevention Hotline:
Phone: 988
"EMS is a profession whose divorce, suicide, and substance abuse rates soar far higher than the general population. The average career expectancy of an EMT is five years," what can we do to help that? Critical calls can happen anytime day or night. “Even the strongest of us have our breaking points,” said Kelly Grayson, a Critical Care Paramedic.
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PRIORITY WELLNESS CAMPAIGN
WHAT IS THE PRIORITY WELLNESS CAMPAIGN?
Our mission is to promote confidential positive mental health resources, provide education to public safety officials and agency leaders, as well as remove the stigma around mental health.
We plan to do this by sharing professional mental health resources and providing educational services to assist agencies and personnel in understanding how to address mental health for public safety professionals.
The priority wellness campaign is located right here in Jefferson County and has been started by our local first responders. If you would like to find more information about this organization please visit their website. (Link)
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