The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a team of health care, administrative professionals, and others who volunteer their time and skills to support emergency medical workers in an emergency or disaster.
Local emergencies have the capability to quickly overwhelm the capacity of first responders and the medical infrastructure, especially during the first 12-72 hours following an event. The attacks on September 11, 2001, underscored the need for a national network of Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) to support the health and medical needs of our community.
Having a team of volunteers who are pre-identified, credentialed, trained, and ready to respond during times of crisis allows first responders to focus their efforts on the most critical, life-threatening situations. In conjunction with same, MRC Volunteers augment existing local emergency, medical and public health services during disasters and other public health activities.
For questions about the Medical Reserve Corps or Volunteer opportunities, please contact 727-619-0134.