Mobile response team

The Provincial Overdose Mobile Response Team (MRT) was created with support from the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions in recognition of the psychosocial impact of the overdose public health emergency on first responders, frontline workers and people with lived/living experience and their peers.

The team offers psychosocial support, education, and training to organizations and agencies working within British Columbia’s overdose public health emergency. This includes people impacted by critical incidents such as overdoses and/or overdose deaths during their work.


Support

MRT provides immediate, short-term psychosocial support to:

  • Build skills and capacity
  • Promote individual and agency resiliency
  • Create space to deal with grief and loss
  • Offer supportive strategies for living with and responding to trauma
  • Promoting community wellness and recovery through accountability and action

Contact

For more information, call 1-888-686-3022 or email MRT@phsa.ca.

Emergency 911

If you suspect an overdose, call 911 right away and follow SAVE ME protocol while waiting for first responders.

Healthlink BC 811

Call 811 from anywhere in British Columbia to speak with a nurse about non-emergency health matters any time of the day or night.