Select a critical incident (Palisades Fire) that has occurred within the last year that you can use to respond to the questions.
- Review crisis intervention theories and the categories of crisis.
- Consider why some individuals may be more resilient when experiencing a crisis than others. Answer the following questions:
“Can you explain to us what kind of crisis the Palisades Fire is, and tell us why classifying a crisis matters?”
“I understand that you use theory in your crisis work. What do you use? How does it work?”
“Let’s talk about the concept of resilience. Can you share with us why people respond differently to the same crisis? I mean, why does it appear that some people just get over it, while others can’t? Why can’t they see they survived, and life goes on?”
“To wrap things up, as a crisis responder, you know how difficult this work can be. How do you take care of yourself when you are working with so many people who are experiencing this crisis? And for some of our viewers who may be helping with this crisis in our community, what advice do you have for them with regard to how they care for themselves while caring for others?”
References
James, R. K., & Gilliland, B. E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Nuttman-Shwartz, O., & Green, O. (2020). Resilience truths: Trauma resilience workers’ points of view toward resilience in continuous traumatic situations.Links to an external site. International Journal of Stress Management.
Raghavan, S. S., & Sandanapitchai, P. (2019). Cultural predictors of resilience in a multinational sample of trauma survivors.Links to an external site. Frontiers in Psychology, 10.
Fuller, T., Baker, M., Migliozzi, B., Lai, K. K. R., & Wolfe, J. (2025, January 13). What Caused the Palisades Fire? The Site of the Ignition Point Holds Clues. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/us/palisades-fire-cause-ignition-point-site.html