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J. Fair, D.Min.
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President and C.E.O.
Homeland Crisis Institute
Crisis Intervention, Training, Consulting and Response
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Executive Director
Crisis Response Chaplain
Services - Chaplaincy Training and Response
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Licensed Peace Officer,
Author, Speaker, Trainer
in Crisis Chaplaincy, Intervention and Compassion
Fatigue
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David
Fair specializes in trauma response and
training nationwide. For 20 years he has specialized
in response and training in the public safety
sector. Now he has taken that experience and expanded
into schools, business and industry. His, Homeland
Crisis Institute, offers on site training as well
as emergency response to the site when necessary.
David Fair holds designations
as Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress,
Board Certified Crisis Chaplain, Traumatologist,
Certified Trauma Specialist, and Grief Specialist.
He is a member of the AAETS Board of Scientific
and Professional Advisors, Board Member of the
Green Cross Academy of Traumatology, Chair, Education
Committee, International Conference of Police
Chaplains, also serving on their Board of Directors.
He has also served on the Board of The Association
of Traumatic Stress Specialists. He is a licensed
Texas Peace Officer, Certified Emergency Medical
Technician, Certified Mental Health Peace Officer,
and Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
and Education Instructor.
David Fair is a veteran crisis
responder having been deployed to Ground Zero/911,
to East Texas following the Columbia Space Shuttle
Disaster, Killeen, Texas Luby's mass murders,
Texas wildfires, Katrina, and Rita. He has also
worked with families and survivors of the Oklahoma
City Bombing, and The Waco Branch Dividian siege.
He has responded to dozens of businesses and originations
following major incidents for intervention and/or
training, including Kroger's, Texas Bank, Howard
Payne University, City of San Saba, Bangs Public
Schools, Cherokee Public Schools Duncanville Public
Schools.
David Fair serves as Director
of Chaplain Services for the Brownwood, Texas
Police and Fire Departments. He is vice-chairman
of Chaplain Services at Brownwood Regional Medical
Center, Senior Chaplain for Texas Department of
Public Safety, Critical Incident Response Team.
He is available for speaking engagements, and
his organization stands ready to assist with crisis
response and training.
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Workshops, Presentations and Seminar Topics
EMOTIONAL FIRST AID
This course is designed to teach people
how to intervene in a crisis. It's simple format allows
peer groups, human resources personnel, school counselors,
officers, EMT's, ministers and others how to help a
person who has just received bad news or gone through
a crisis incident. It is non clinical in nature but
it's proven track record makes it a must learn for anyone
who will be dealing with those who have experienced
a trauma. Primarily designed for lay people who are
responding to or dealing with a local disaster.
COMPASION FATIGUE
This training is designed for professionals
who are involved in the helping professions, such as
police officers, firefighters, medics, counselors, and
the like. It's emphasis is learning to take care of
yourself.
STARTING A CRISIS CHAPLAIN
PROGRAM
This training covers the basics of
setting up a Crisis Chaplain program in your agency
or business. In plain language it tells you how to write
your program, ways of funding and then attracting clergy.
AGENCY, ORIGINAZATION or BUSINESS
CRISIS READY EVALUATION
Is your agency, organization, or business
ready for the death of a co-worker,fire or flood that
affects workers, or a shooting on premises? Homeland
Crisis Institute staff will evaluate your group, and
then make recommendations for drafting a plan, and training
your staff.
CRITICAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
This training covers how to handle
the management groups of people who have experienced
trauma. Drawing from the CISM and ATSM philosophies,
you will be taught how to handle people until professionals
arrive
Following
is a list of organizations with whom David Fair has
interviewed, consulted or trained:
City of Brownwood, Brownwood Police, and Fire Departments
Brownwood Public School District
Howard Payne University
Texas State Technical College
Tarleton State University Law Enforcement Academy
Weatherford Police Department
Rising Star Fire Department
Bangs Fire Department, Early Fire Department
Medevac EMS
Gold Star EMS
Guardian EMS
Hamilton Hospital
Brownwood Regional Medical Center
Hamilton EMS
Texas Department of Public Safety
Kroger Food Store
Texas Bank
International Conference of Police Chaplains
Temple Police Chaplains
Temple Crisis Chaplains
West Central Texas Inter-local Crime Task Force
Comanche Police Department


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