Agencies have met to evaluate the Island's crisis response methods after a spate of shootings have left some people traumatised and with nowhere to go.

Child and Family Services, Bermuda Youth Counselling Services, Bermuda Police Service, Bermuda Hospitals Board, PRIDE and Gina Spence Productions in Christ are banding together to give people "a continuum of care".

Community activist Gina Spence, whose son-in-law was gunned down earlier this year, said the meeting on Friday was the second in a series involving experts from each organisation.

Not only did the agency representatives listen, they gave advice from their own experiences. Ms Spence said she was "very pleased" with the plans so far.

"At this point we are definitely in the thinking part of it where we are really stepping back from whatever has happened and trying to just look at it from where each entity sits.

"We are looking at how we can put together a road map for families that get that first call (that a loved one has been shot) and need to know where they go from there."

"Because I have been through it we are really using my experience. And I think there are quite a few free services and helping tools available, but it's how do you get that information to the people during the process and how best to do it," she said.

Ms Spence said the first resource for those left shattered by the violence should be a crisis counsellor. "It is not a regular situation where I can send anyone. They have to be trained in crisis situations".

Next there would need to be an emergency response team at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. This team would walk families through the process and provide resources and literature.

A room at the hospital should also be provided for relatives after a loved one had been shot, she said. And after the initial days and weeks of support, follow up meetings should be arranged.

Right now there were some "loopholes" in the system, she said. Medical staff at the hospital were working hard to save the shooting victim's life and weren't always able to provide the families with immediate support.

But there were other agencies, such as the Police and counselling services, who could fill the gap.

"I think all of us sitting down together it was like pieces of a puzzle. I think families in the community will be very well served," she added.

Two experts from the Washington-based training group Community Anti Drug Coalitions of America will also be on Island on September 9 and 10.

They will be equipping people — like parents, children and teachers — with skills to reach out to people in need.