Mission: Critical Response Network's mission is to improve patient care, emergency response and community preparedness in the communities that we serve. Who do we support? Our clients are the volunteer emergency services organizations, as well as the communities they serve. We define the volunteer emergency services as volunteer fire departments, ambulance services, disaster response teams and search & rescue organizations. We: -Increase awareness of the volunteer emergency services and the need for more volunteers -Increase awareness of the benefits of a volunteer based system -Increase available trained manpower in order to reduce response times -Improve management and provider knowledge, thereby improving patient care and other life safety responses