Vision Statement
To be instrumental in the functioning of
Emergency/Critical Incident Stress Management
Mission Statement
To provide stress relief to emergency responders and caregivers
following a disaster/critical incident
Goals

To train massage therapists in the role of disaster/critical incident response.

To educate local, state, federal support agencies and the general public in
Emergency Response Stress Management.

To set standards for emergency response stress management
in the massage therapy profession.

To provide the opportunity for massage therapists to become a part of
the emergency response stress management team
without restrictions of professional association membership.

History of the Carolina Emergency Response Massage Team (CERMT)

1998 CERMT was formed with the help of Warren Moore from the North Carolina Emergency Management Office.
1999 September, during Hurricane's Dennis and Floyd, CERMT members gave over 500 Massages to emergency responders and National Guard personnel. CERMT become a member of the NC State Emergency Response Team and the NC Critical Incident Stress Management Advisory Council.
2001
2002		 The team responds to the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, giving over 3,500 massages to FDNY, NYPD, PAPD and other emergency responders. Massage Therapists from Alaska, Pennsylvania, Delaware, California, Florida, New York, Minnesota, and the United Kingdom joined up with CERMT. From this, New York, Alaska, Delaware and the United Kingdom have formed their own Emergency Response Massage Teams.
2003 January, team members respond to the Pharmaceutical explosion in Kinston, NC working with the Red Cross and the Salvation Army on site.

September, CERMT members respond to Hurricane Isabel in eastern North Carolina and staffed the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh.

2004 February the South Carolina Chapter of CERMT is formed. With this addition CERMT becomes the largest, most active independent Emergency Response Massage Team in the US.

September/October the team deploys to WNC after Hurricanes Frances and Ivan to work with Emergency Responders in the Buncombe, Jackson, Macon, Haywood and Raleigh EOCs and at the site of Peakes Creek landslide. Team members also manned the FEMA Joint Field Office in Asheville.
 
CERMT Members

North Carolina          South Carolina