Responding to Trauma with First Responders in Fairfield, Connecticut

On Christmas Day, 2011, in Stamford Connecticut, fire broke out in a home. Firefighters tried to rescue those trapped, but could not, despite several attempts to penetrate the heat and blaze. This event was the first time a group of EMDRIA members, organized as The Fairfield County Trauma Response Network (FCTRN) was deployed. In December, 2012, the Newtown/Sandy Hook school shooting occurred. Prior connections helped the team engage responders in that event.

Learn more in this article from the September 2018 issue EMDR Early Intervention of Go With That Magazine by Karen Alter-Reid, PhD, Michael Crouch, LCSW and Linda Rost, LCSW.

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