PFA Team: Roles, Trainings, and Certifications

Roles

Purpose

Trainings

Certifications

Psychological First Aid Team Lead

• Leads the team volunteers

• Helps develop Scope of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures

• Educates the community about the need for PFA and makes training available

• FEMA IS-100 (An Introduction to the Incident Command System)

• FEMA IS-700 (An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)

• Psychological First Aid training

• Verbal de-escalation training

• Background check

• Volunteer ID badge

Psychological First Aid Team Volunteer

• Support Team Lead

• Staff Disaster Hubs and other Community-Level Meeting Places after a disaster

• FEMA IS-100 (An Introduction to the Incident Command System)

• FEMA IS-700 (An Introduction to the National Incident Management System)

• Psychological First Aid training

• Verbal de-escalation training

• Background check

• Volunteer ID badge