News and Events

DCS chaplains continue to provide spiritual care

Disaster Chaplaincy Services (DCS) today continues to be mobilized and chaplains are providing spiritual care to all people affected by yesterday's tragic aircraft collision over the Hudson River.

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Plane and Helicopter Collide Over Hudson River

Disaster Chaplaincy Services (DCS) today has been deployed to provide spiritual care to all people affected by the tragedy of the helicopter and plane collision over the Hudson River.

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Pandemic Flu Exercise Event

On July 30th, the Metropolitan College of New York and the Brooklyn Borough President's Office present a pandemic flu excercise for faith leaders serving in houses of worship.

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Emotional & Spiritual Care in Disasters Course in NYC

This advanced level course will enhance your skills to provide effective emotional and spiritual care to meet the disaster-related needs of disaster responders and disaster affected families and individuals within disaster operations. This course builds on the crisis intervention principles taught in the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) core courses to effectively integrate these principles within teams for appropriate care throughout the disaster continuum from the immediate to long-term recovery process. This course is designed for...

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DCS Continues to Support People Affected by Airline Disasters

Disaster Chaplaincy Services' (DCS) on-call chaplain was activated at 3am on February 13th, 2009, and sent immediately to Newark International Airport to support those affected by the crash of Continental Flight 3407.

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