The office of the Fire Chaplain is in oversight of the spiritual and emotional health of the fire department. The Fire Chaplain is the team coordinator of the Critical Response Team, a trained group of firefighters who deal with all departmental critical incident stress management concerns and is available to outside agencies in need of CISM debriefing. The Fire Chaplain is available to all firefighters and their families when called on to help deal with individual and corporate family needs.

Chaplain Steve Vanzant is the Fire Chaplain of the Haltom City Fire Department, the Senior Pastor of Christian Center of Fort Worth and a member of the Federation of Fire Chaplains. He's a certified Trauma Responder and a Certified Trauma Stress Specialist with the Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists. He also holds certification as a Field Traumatologist with the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. Steve is a Trained-Trainer in Peer Support through the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation and holds specialized certifications in Emergency Services, Spiritual Care, Mass Disaster and Terrorism, and Schools and Children Crisis Response with the ICISF.

Fire Chaplain/CISM links:
Federation of Fire Chaplains
Interrnational Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc.
greencross.org