STOUGHTON - HOLBROOK - AVON - RANDOLPH
MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS
STOUGHTON - HOLBROOK - AVON - RANDOLPH MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS
C/O HOLBROOK EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
50 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET, HOLBROOK, MA 02343
holbrook_ema AT  yahoo.com    781-630-2201

Richard Reuss
Unit Coordinator
Barbara Mahoney, RN
Assistant Unit Coordinator
Bonnie Marshall
Assistant Unit Coordinator
Gene Santorelli
Assistant Unit Coordinator
THE ROAD TO BECOMING AN MRC VOLUNTEER



Register for Online Training at the following locations




BASIC TRAINING
CORE COMPETENCY: Home disaster preparedness class (classroom or online)
ARE YOU READY? http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is22.asp
  1. MRC Train: http://www.mrc.train.org/
  2. University of Minnesota School of Public Health http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/online.asp

Complete the following training
CORE COMPETENCY: ICS-100 (classroom or online) - FEMA Independent Study
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS100A.asp

CORE COMPETENCY: Nims-700 (classroom or online) - FEMA Independent Study
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700a.asp

MRC Psychology of Disaster https://www.mrc.train.org/DesktopModules/eLearning/CourseDetails/CourseDetailsForm.aspx?tabid=62&CourseID=1012608&backURL=L0Rlc2t0b3BTaGVsbC5hc3B4P3RhYmlkPTYyJmdvdG89YnJvd3NlJmJyb3dzZT1zdWJqZWN0Jmxvb2tmb3I9MTgmY2xpbmljYWw9Ym90aCZsb2NhbD1hbGwmQnlDb3N0PTE

Psychological Issues Following Disasters     http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/coursepage.asp?activityId=9420&stype=2


CORE COMPETENCY: Psychological First Aid (classroom or online - 2 classes)
CORE COMPETENCY: Standard Precautions (Online or classroom)
Personal Protective Equipment (Public Health Emergency Training Series)   http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/coursepage.asp?activityId=6528&stype=2
SPECIALIZED TRAINING: Special needs and response training
Special Populations (Public Health Emergency Training Series) http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/coursepage.asp?activityId=6389&stype=2
The Off-Site Care Facility-An Alternate Care Site: A Primer for Volunteers http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/coursepage.asp?activityId=7373&stype=2
CORE COMPETENCY: Presentation of a home disaster kit (list to be presented)
HOME DISASTER KIT
Oh, The Places You'll Go: Providing Care in Non-Traditional Settings During an Emergency  http://www.sph.umn.edu/ce/trainings/coursepage.asp?activityId=9418&stype=2
HAVE THE MINIMUM UNIFORM
Navy Blue BDU pants
Black Boots

Team Shirt
Becoming an MRC volunteer is as simple as filing an application and passing the background check, including a CORI check.

However, just being a name on a roster isn't enough for most people; they want to get involved with all of our activities. We will be working with partners, both public and private, and many of these agencies and activies require some level of training. The Medical reserve Corps, at a national level, developed a list of Core Competencies. We also developed a list of skills that would be very beneficial for our members.

Many of the classes in the CORE COMPETENCY list and specialized training are able to be online through FEMA, MRC-TRAIN, and through the University of Minnesota. They range from under an hour long to in a few cases up to three hours. Many of these classes are required of Police and Firefighters  nationwide, so you will be recieving some instruction which almost all first responders are required to take. Many of the other courses are designed to help our medical and non-medical staff work safely in disaster shelters, alternate care centers, and Emergency Dispensing Sites. 
Timeframe
We don't have a hard and fast rule about how fast you must get the required training completed. Rather, we look at everyone on a case to case basis.  you complete the training and requirement, the more responsibility you be given and more opportunties will appear!
CLASSROOM TRAINING
Some people may not be able to complete the training online. We work with our volunteers to find training options, whether it is sponsoring the exact class or a similar class, or working with area MRC's to hold joint training classes.


Interested in joining the SHAR-MRC?

Click on the logo to go to MaResponds.

Sue Ferretti, RN
Assistant Unit Coordinator
Alan Goldman
Assistant Unit Coordinator