Medical Reserve Corps
National Medical Reserve Corps
Mission – The mission of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is to improve the health and safety of communities across the country by organizing and utilizing public health, medical, and other volunteers.
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national program created after 9/11 to provide a mechanism to pre-register, train, and credential medical and other workers to deploy in a disaster. Most units, including MRC of Southern Nevada, are housed in a public health agency. For more information on the national program, please visit https://aspr.hhs.gov/MRC/Pages/index.aspx.
Medical Reserve Corps of Southern Nevada
Mission – Assist the Southern Nevada Health District and partner agencies in improving the public health of the citizens of Clark County by utilizing pre-identified public health, medical, and other volunteers.
MRC of Southern Nevada is a cadre of medical and non-medical volunteers who are pre-identified, credentialed, trained, background-checked and ready to be deployed in case of a disaster. Periodically, MRC volunteers are asked to participate in preparedness exercises and drills and are offered training. In a disaster, MRC volunteers help the Southern Nevada Health District limit the spread or impact of disease. Some emergency activities may include augmenting medical and non-medical staffing at the Health District or a health facility, at a Point of Dispensing of medication or vaccine, assisting with disease surveillance and notification, or organizing volunteer response at a staging area. Throughout the year, MRC volunteers serve at the Health District and in the community at first aid stations, health fairs and other outreach events. Medical personnel may volunteer for first aid roles and health metrics like blood pressure checks, and non-medical personnel volunteer for roles such as clerical, customer service and distributing preparedness and health information. Volunteers may be asked to participate in emergency preparedness exercises with the Health District or other agencies.
To apply, please go to www.servnv.org and complete the application, choosing the Medical Reserve Corps of Southern Nevada for your Organization. If you wish to be called in the case of a large-scale emergency in Nevada or a neighboring state, then add the Statewide Volunteer Pool or Battle Born Medical Corps to your Organizations as well.
All volunteers must read our Standard Operating Guidelines and sign required releases. Forms may be returned by email, fax, mail, or in person.
All MRC Volunteers are required to complete FEMA IS 100, IS 700, and IS 800 online classes, which define the command structure that agencies assume when working in a disaster. Our grant funding requires all workforce members to be trained. Courses are available at https://training.fema.gov/nims. If you have already completed these courses but need your transcript or a copy of your certificate, log in to the FEMA Student Portal: https://training.fema.gov/student/sssp.aspx.
Additional training, such as HIPAA and safety courses, will be required once you are an accepted volunteer. Optional training, some with Continuing Education Credit, is available at MRC TRAIN (www.train.org/mrc).
Updated on: October 31, 2024