NORTHWEST INCIDENT SUPPORT

Bringing HOPE Through Compassion


NWIS SERVICE AREAS

• Stanwood: Freeborn & Warm Beach

• Tulalip

• Arlington: Bryant, Smokey Point & Arlington Heights


Northwest Incident Support (NWIS) provides 24/7 chaplain and support services, offering critical incident support for:

• Local Community

• EMS, Fire, Law Enforcement

• Hospital Chaplain Care

• Partner with other organizations to provide awareness and education for community safety

• Helping the community plan for critical incidents such as loss of a loved one, major injuries, and/or natural disasters.


Our NWIS Chaplains (CL99 and CL94), are carefully trained, serve first responders, victims, families, and communities by providing needed physical, mental, psychological, and spiritual resources and encouragement.


Our NWIS Support Team (Support 46) responds to major incidents, including fires, natural disasters, serious accidents, death notifications, search and rescue operations, and other traumatic events.


Our mission is to comfort victims, families, and emergency personnel at critical incident scenes.


Team members are trained to mobilize and run support apparatus to provide rehabilitation and respite for both responders and affected families.


Vision: 

  • Creating a community in which all people in need encounter unlimited hope (Romans 15:13).

Mission: 

  • Bringing HOPE through compassion.

Values: 

  • We are guided by our core values of hope, compassion, commitment, love, excellence, service, integrity and Christlikeness.

Statement of Faith:


• Hope Unlimited believes the Holy Bible to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, without error in the original writing, infallible and God breathed – That the creation of humankind was by the direct act of God – That our Lord  Jesus Christ was born to a virgin and that He came into the world fully man and fully God - That Jesus, the only Son of God, in order to pay a great debt, took upon Himself the sins of men and women by the shedding of His own blood on the cross - That He defeated death as proven by the resurrection of His body - That He has the power to save us from our sin, and that through the Holy Spirit, we are made new - That the gift of everlasting life is free and only by the grace of God.  


Our work is accomplished by practically meeting the needs represented in our communities. Through Northwest Incident Support (NWIS), we partner with first responders during crisis situations and provide resources for families during difficult circumstances.

Brett Reid - Executive Director

Brett Reid was raised in Stanwood, Washington and obtained a BA in Education from the University of Montana and a MA in Biblical Studies from Moody Bible Institute. He has served in various capacities in north Snohomish County for the last 30 years. He has led youth camps, coached basketball and soccer, and been on various boards. 


Hope Unlimited, which includes Northwest Incident Support (NWIS), serves District 15, 19, 21, and North County Regional Fire Authority. Brett and his wife Allison reside in Stanwood, Washington. They have four grown children.



Director@hopeunl.org

PATRICK Edwards - NWIS Director

Patrick Edwards has served in ministry in the Pacific Northwest for more than 25 years, both vocationally and as a volunteer. He is the Lead Pastor of Anchored Faith Church in the Lake Goodwin area.


Patrick holds an associate and bachelor’s degree in Religion from Liberty University and a master’s degree in Leadership from Denver Seminary. In addition to pastoral ministry, Patrick has spent over a decade training others in de-escalation of critical conflicts and the implementation of preventative strategies to minimize escalation and maximize coping skills. He has also worked extensively with special needs children and teens, partnering alongside mental health and therapeutic providers to strengthen care and support systems.


Patrick’s leadership extends beyond the church. He has served on the boards of local nonprofit organizations and currently serves as the Director of NWIS and as a Chaplain. In this role, he manages and organizes chaplain and incident support volunteers, while developing ongoing training and growth opportunities for the team so they can better serve the community. He also collaborates with local companies and organizations to foster partnerships that support NWIS’s mission of “Bringing Hope Through Compassion.”


Patrick lives in Arlington with his wife, Jen, and their son.


NWISdirector@hopeunl.org

Hope Unlimited EXECUTIVE Board

  • Doug Schmidt:      President
  • Josh Stadler:        Vice-President
  • Jennifer Clem:      Secretary
  • Dave Hyatt:          Board Member
  • Bunny Sandvig:     Board Member
  • Ben Hagglund:      Board Member