Arkansas Crisis Response Team

The Arkansas Crisis Response Team (AR-CRT) is an all volunteer statewide non-profit, multi-disciplinary group of professionals dedicated to providing crisis intervention to victims in the aftermath of a community mass causality. Mission: To provide emotional support to victims in the aftermath of a natural or manmade disaster, and to enhance services for Arkansas victims of crime using the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA) Model of Crisis Response Purpose: (1) to support existing local resources and grassroots crisis response teams, (2) to assist with training and continuing education, (3) to provide trained crisis responders when requested to Arkansas communities and (4) to provide trained crisis responders to national disaster sites when requested by NOVA.
For the latest Arkansas disaster updates, log on to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management Situation Summary posted on ADEM webpage
Click here to download a copy of AR-CRT's brochure in pdf format.





AR-CRT participates in the Combined Federal Campaign
“Thank you, thank you, thank you! Words don’t seem adequate enough to tell you have much we appreciate ALL that you and your Arkansas Crisis Response Team did to help Mississippians in the aftermath of Katrina. Your willingness to share your knowledge, skills and expertise will long be remembered. I know that each team member touched many lives and helped to sustain and strengthen Katrina survivors during their time of need.” Janet Kennedy, Director Victim Services Mississippi Attorney General’s Office
Looking Back on September 11, 2006
September 2006 - AR-CRT Responders Look Back 5 Years Later
History of the Arkansas Crisis Response Team
History
AR-CRT Emotional SWAT Team
AR-CRT Emotional SWAT Team
Care for the Caregivers
Care for the Caregivers
Arkansas Call-outs
April 2006 – Northeast and Eastern Arkansas Tornadoes February 2006 – De Queen– Associated Press Story January 2006 – De Queen, Arkansas December 2005 – Gosnell, Arkansas
National NOVA Call-outs – Assistance from AR-CRT
April 2006 – Caruthersville, Missouri Tornadoes September and October 2005 – Hurricanes Katrina and Rita March and August 2005 – Fulton County Courthouse Shootings and Wright, WY Tornadoes September 2004 – Hurricanes Charley and Jean July 2003 - Workplace Violence in Meridian Mississippi
National NOVA Biannual Crisis Response Conference
November 2006 - North Little Rock AR-CRT Hosts Successful Conference January 2006 – National Crisis Response Conference Committee at Work November 2004 – Washington, D.C.
Remembering Grosnell Police and Fire Chief Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly - Dedicated Responders
AR-CRT Members Making NOVA National News
August 2005 – AR-CRT members attend National NOVA Conference – Atlanta, Georgia July 2005 – AR-CRT Joins NOVA and the Criminal Justice Institute in NIMS Pilot Project – Training and Exercises February 2005 – NOVA Strategic Planning Session Held in Little Rock – New NOVA Executive Director Announced August 2004 – Bailey on Board – Ginger Bankston Bailey Elected to NOVA Board – Sacramento, California August 2003 – AR-CRT members received Crisis Responder of the Year and Volunteer of the Year Awards – New Orleans, Louisiana
AR-CRT Member Training – A Continuum for Excellence
March 2007 - AR-CRT Chair Andy Altom Discusses Call-outs with Upper Management April 2006 – Lt. Robert Speer, Arkansas State Police SWAT Team Commander – Featured Speaker October 2005 – Arkansas State University Television and Radio Chair Richard Carvell Gives Tips on Working with the Media March 2005 – NOVA Executive Director Jeannette Adkins – Keynote Speaker – Crisis Responders – Vision for the 21st Century September 2004 – Oklahoma City Bombing Survivor Richard Williams Shares His Story and His Experience with Crisis Responders April 2004 – Conway Fire Chief Bart Castleberry Discusses Detco Explosion Response October 2003 – Lessons on Responding, the Media and Weapons of Mass Destruction
NOVA Basic and Advanced Crisis Response Training
October 2007 - Little Rock - Criminal Justice Institute September 2007 - Springdale - Jones Center for Families August 2007 - Jonesboro - Nettleton School District - School-based Mental Health May 2007 - Little Rock - Little Rock - Arkansas School Psychology Association March 2007 - Little Rock - Criminal Justice Institute February and March 2006 – Little Rock – Methodist Family Health and Baptist Health January 2005 – Conway – Conway Public Schools June 2004 – Jonesboro – Craighead County Crisis Response Team September 2003 – Little Rock – Pulaski County Crisis Response Team June 2003 – Little Rock – Pulaski County Crisis Response Team