KCCRB Brochures

In a natural or man-made disaster, or under national security conditions, events occur that necessitate the coordination and delivery of crisis intervention and disaster mental health services.

The Kentucky Community Crisis Response Board (KCCRB), created under KRS Chapter 36, ensures an organized, rapid and effective response in the aftermath of crisis and disaster.

Click to view Setting the Standard of Care. (PDF 8.30mb) 

Emergency services personnel are special in many ways. You have special personalities, special training, and special equipment. You accept challenges and expose yourself to situations that few people who work in non-emergency fields would even consider. You frequently perform extraordinary tasks that benefit the lvies of fellow human beings.

Click to view Supporting Emergency Service Providers. (PDF 5.12mb)

Trauma knows no bounds. School communities are confronted with putting the pieces back together following sudden tragic events such as:

* death or serious injury to students and staff
* bus accidents, fires, explosions, etc.
* natural disasters, i.e., tornados, floods or   earthquakes
*  violence

Click to view Help for Your School Community. (PDF 7.45mb) 

Emotional effects from loss of home, family pets, displacement from neighbors, friends, church and school may cause unusual stress as people beging to reconstruct their lives.

Click to view Help for Disaster Survivors Brochure. (PDF 967kb)