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Tulsa Fire’s co‑response teams and TFD Cares programs highlight follow-up, outreach and overdose response
Summary
Tulsa presenters described Alternate Response Teams (ART 1 and ART 2), the TFD Cares case‑management program, and an overdose response team that pair clinicians, community paramedics and peer recovery specialists for crisis response and follow-up care.
Tulsa Fire Department presenters outlined a set of community‑focused programs that pair trained clinical staff and firefighter‑paramedics with outreach and follow‑up services, saying the units reduce 9‑1‑1 use and connect people to social services.
Officials described three related programs: ART 1, a co‑response team staffed with a firefighter‑paramedic trained in crisis intervention and a COPES clinician from Family & Children’s Services; ART 2, a community‑paramedicine unit placed in downtown Tulsa that provides medical assessments, outreach and wellness checks; and TFD Cares, a case‑management program that connects high utilizers of 9‑1‑1 or vulnerable residents to social‑service partners. Presenters said the overdose response team pairs a community paramedic with a peer recovery support specialist to respond to overdoses and…
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