Team profile guidelines for the Crisis Negotiator

Introduction
• description of area served
• demographics

History of team
• event(s) leading up to formation
• early visionaries/mentors
• early organization
• training challenges opportunities
• significant event(s) forming team cohesiveness
• current status of team (number/quality of members, leaders, command)

Equipment
• development of priorities
• first purchases
• current status of equipment
• funding sources

Training
• qualifications and types of training

Milestones
• significant events/call outs (different from history of team section)
• could include one or more brief incident summaries

Closing
• awards, testimonials, support of community
• team philosophy/mission statement
• future goals and objectives
• author photo and short bio

Photos
• at least one good quality team photo a must
• additional photos of training/scenarios
• call out/news photo

FORMAT
Please submit information on floppy disk or CD in Microsoft Word. All articles will be edited to meet NTOA style guidelines.

Profiles should be sent to the Editor, Crisis Negotiator, NTOA, P.O. Box 797, Doylestown, PA 18901.