"Citizens helping Citizens in crisis"
1269 Holiday Drive
Gulf Breeze, FL 32563
(850) 934-6654
Email: traumaintervention@yahoo.com
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Trauma Intervention Programs (TIP) is a national voluntary non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that those who are emotionally traumatized in emergency situations receive the assistance they need. To accomplish that goal, TIP Inc. works closely with local communities to establish emergency services volunteer programs. In these programs, well-trained citizens volunteers are called to emergency scenes to assist family member, witnesses, and other bystanders whom the emergency system often must leave behind.
Since 1985 TIP, Inc. has established emergency services programs in over 70 cities. In each of these programs, citizen volunteers are demonstrating that given the opportunity, they can play an important role in the emergency response system. If you would like information on how to start a TIP chapter in your county, please call TIP's national office at (714) 314-0744 or visit their website at www.tipnational.org.
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The Who, What, When and Why's of TIP......
Who are TIP volunteers?
Who pays for TIP services?
What TIP volunteers do:
- Provide emotional support.
- Help arrange for shelter, food, clothing, and transportation.
- Notify family and friends.
- Serve as liaison between the victims and emergency and hospital authorities.
- Help arrange follow-up services.
- Provide information and referral to appropriate agencies for ongoing assistance.
When is TIP called?
- Family members and friends following a natural or unexpected death.
- Victims of crime including rape, assault, robbery, and burglary.
- Victims of fire.
- Disoriented or lonely older persons.
- Persons involved in vehicle accidents.
- Persons who are distraught and seeking immediate support.
- Family members of a person who has committed suicide.
Why TIP?
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