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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

 

Winter tips for the loss of power

 

With cold weather upon us, please keep these tips in mind:

 

§ Use alternative heat sources safely.

 

§ Do not burn anything inside without adequate ventilation.

 

§ Never use gas ovens, gas ranges, barbecues, hibachi, and most portable or propane heaters for indoor heating. These units burn up oxygen, create deadly carbon monoxide, and are a likely cause of fire.

 

§ Have firefighting materials on hand: dry powder, fire extinguisher, heavy tarp or blanket, and water.

 

§ Use portable generators only as independent sources of power.

 

§ Do not connect generators to your home’s main service panels.

 

§ Make sure generators are used where there is good ventilation.

 

§ Keep doors to refrigerators and freezers shut to conserve heat.

 

§ Use foods that can spoil rapidly first.

 

§ “If in doubt, throw it out”.

 

Lastly and most important, we ask that you please check on your neighbors to make sure they are being taken care of .

 

Monday, November 15, 2010

POSSIBLE HIGH WIND WARNING

(8:00 AM)-NOV.15 2010,Yakima,WA.

 

The National Weather Service Pendleton has issued a possible High Wind Warning for Yakima county. With winter fast approaching all community members should be prepared for the possibility of harsh weather. For more information on proper winter preparedness you can visit: http://www.emd.wa.gov/preparedness/prep_prepare_year.shtml

 

 

Effective: 2010-11-15

Description: High Wind Warning issued for Monday at 7:00 pm thru Tuesday at 10:00 am. for Yakima, Klickitat, Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, and Kittitas.

Monday, September 20, 2010

JOIN MRC !

  The MRC is a partner program with Citizen Corps, a national network of volunteers dedicated to ensuring hometown security.  MRC units are community-based and function as a way to locally organize and utilize licensed volunteers who want to donate their time and expertise to prepare for and respond to emergencies. MRC volunteers supplement existing emergency and public health resources. Types of licensed Volunteers Needed:

• Pharmacist Physicians/PAs Dental Health Providers EMT/Paramedics Veterinarians Nurses/CNAs

  (Once a member volunteers they will only be called upon during an emergency. Time commitments would consist of possibly of yearly meeting and “Just-in-Time” training before members are deployed.)

 

 

 

YAKIMA COUNTY MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS APPLICATION

 


Complete and email to kr.catlin@co.yakim.wa.us or mail by standard post (to MRC Coordinator, room 110, 128 North 2nd street Yakima, WA 98901)

 

VOLUNTEER APPLICATION FORM

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

Volunteer Name: ____________________________________________ Home Phone: ___________________________

 

Office Phone: _________________________Pager: ____________________ Cell Phone: _________________________ 

 

Address: ________________________________________________ City ____________________ Zip ______________

 

Date of Birth:                                                 Driver’s License Number:                                                  

 

Email Address:                                                                                                                                     

 

Affiliations? (School, agency, clinic):________________________________________________________________

 

EXPERIENCE

Current (Most Recent) Employer: ___________________________________ Supervisor: ________________________

Position: ________________________ Address __________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________


r  Full Time

r  Part Time

r  Retired

r  Other: ________________


If less than one year at current employment, please provide second employer information:

Employer: _______________________________________ Supervisor: ________________________________

Position: ________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________


r  Full Time

r  Part Time

r  Retired

r  Other: ________________


PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION: (mark or circle all that apply)

r  Administrative/Support Duties

r  Computer or Communications

r  Dentist

r  Emergency Medical Technician:   Basic         Intermediate        Paramedic

r  Environmental Health Specialist

r  Health Educator

r  Health Technician Type ____________________

r  Interpreter

r  Mental Health Practitioner      

r  Medical Assistant

r  Media/Communications

r  Nurse:  RN         LPN         Nurse Practitioner    Do you have prescriptive authority?   Yes         No                     Area of Specialty:__________________________

r  Nurse Assistant

r  Pharmacist

r  Phlebotomist

r  Physician:  Area of Specialty: ___________________________ Board Certified?        Yes          No


r  Physician Assistant

r  Veterinarian


Professional License Type/Number: _________________________________Expiration Date: ______________________

Professional License Type/Number: _________________________________Expiration Date: ______________________

Other Qualifying License(s) (commercial, equipment etc.)  __________________________________________________

Brief description of what you want your role to be in the YC MRC:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

OTHER SKILLS

Are you CPR certified?               Yes     No

Are you first aid certified?                   Yes     No

Other  ____________________________________________________________________________________

Language Fluency:     q English          q Spanish   q Sign Language     q Other ______________________

Please list any other special disaster training, certification, or skills that you would like us to be aware of:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVATION

Tier One ______ (Activation for Only large-scale events)  

Tier Two ______ (Pre-event training as well as the Tier One Activation)

Tier Three _____ (Would like to be considered for a leadership role as well as level Tier Two Activation)

Do you volunteer for another emergency organization?     Yes    No    If so, which is your priority? _________

 

RESPONSE JURISDICTION (Select the farthest distance you would be willing to respond)

 

 

Are you willing to deploy outside your local jurisdiction?region2a ___Yes            ___No

___Within Yakima County                   ___ Within WA St.           ___Nationally

 

EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION

 

Emergency Contact Name: ______________________________________ Relationship: _________________________

 

Day Phone: _______________________ Evening Phone: _____________________ Cell Phone: ____________________

 

Applicants are advised that the Yakima County MRC intends to conduct a criminal background check.

Have you ever been convicted of a drug offense?                                                                                                                                                             q Yes                                                               q No

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense?                                                                                                                                                      q Yes                                                               q No

Have you ever been convicted of a motor vehicle offense (other than speeding tickets)?                 q Yes                q No

Other than the above, are there any other convictions on your personal record?                                                             q Yes    q No

Details: ___________________________________________________________________

 

All of the information that I have supplied is correct to the best of my knowledge. I do hereby give the Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management (YVOEM) or their designee permission to inquire into my background, references, driving record, present and previous employment, licenses, certifications and criminal history. I further give permission to the holder of any such records to release the same to the YVOEM or their designee. I hold the YVOEM or their designee harmless of any liability, whether civil or criminal, which may arise as a result of the release of the information about me. I also hold harmless any individual agency, business or corporation that provides information to the YVOEM or their designee.

I understand that I am a volunteer and will not be paid for any of my services.

 

_____________________________________________________  ______________________________________

SIGNATURE                                                                      DATE

For questions please contact Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management MRC Coordinator at (509)574-1908

Please send your completed application packet to:

Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management MRC Coordinator: 128 North 2nd Street, WA 98901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Back ground Check form)

Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps Supplemental Information

For completion of background checks, please supply the following:

Personal References:            

Name:  ________________________ Contact Ph #: _____________________

Name:  ________________________ Contact Ph #: _____________________

Personal References:

Name:  ________________________ Contact Ph #: _____________________

Name:  ________________________ Contact Ph #: _____________________

Signature ___________________________________  Date ____________________

Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps

Background Check                                                            Effective Date: ______________

 

Policy

The Yakima Valley MRC will complete a background check on all applicants to the MRC Team.  Record check information is confidential.

Purpose

To comply with the WA Department for Public Health’s recommendation for criminal record checks on team members and to define guidelines that constitute denial of team membership.  Record checks protect the citizens in the community as well as team integrity.

Procedure

  1. All applicants/potential volunteers shall be provided with a criminal background check request form for completion as part of the application process and return it to the MRC Coordinator.
  2. The services of a potential volunteer shall be evaluated on a case-by-case basis for violations that may show on a criminal record check.
  3. The following violations constitute grounds for denial of membership of applicants to the team.  The services of an applicant shall not be accepted if the criminal record check shows :
    1. Registration as a sex offender
    2. Conviction of a  felony
  4. The following violations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis as outlined below in #5.  The services of an applicant may not be accepted if the criminal record check shows:
    1. Conviction of a misdemeanor in the past 5 years
    2. Conviction of a criminal violation in the past 2 years
    3. Conviction of DUI  in the past 5 years
    4. Current EPO or DVO in place
  5. Case-by-Case Review:  Evaluation will determine if past conduct is compatible with working as a MRC volunteer.  Consultation may include Yakima Valley MRC Coordinator, Yakima County Health Department Director, Citizen Corp Advisory Board, Emergency Management Director and the Yakima County Attorney. The volunteer shall be given the opportunity to provide evidence of mitigating circumstances prior to a decision being made concerning qualifications to serve. 

6.    Appeal:  Any volunteer whose services are rejected as a result of information received from the criminal record check may appeal such decision if the volunteer believes the decision was based on inaccurate information.

 

                                        

 

 

 

 

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Training for Yakima Community Readiness on the 9/11 Anniversary

Training for Yakima Community Readiness on the 9/11 Anniversary

A FEW SEATS LEFT FOR THE CLASS!!:

* If another 9/ 11 event took place would most Americans be ready? September 10-12 citizens from around the Yakima Valley will be getting together to ensure they will be ready to help family and neighbors; no matter what the disaster might be. For one evening on Friday, and two days (Saturday / Sunday) the Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management will be hosting a COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT) training course. Since 1993 when this training was made available nationally by Federal Emergency Management Agency, communities in 28 States and Puerto Rico have conducted CERT training.

 

 As CERT members the participants will be taught how to respond to disasters in their neighborhoods, until trained emergency responders can arrive. Such skills as basic first aid, debris removal, and urban search and rescue will be taught. The class will run 6:30-8:23 on Friday the 10th and then 8:00-5:00 on Saturday-Sunday. There is no cost for the class, but participants must bring their own leather gloves and leather work boots for the safety exercises. While many families take the class together, the course is suited for kids twelve or older.

 

Are You Ready? NEXT CLASS WILL START SEP. 10, 11&12 2010

Get involved in your community by joining Yakima County CERT:

 

 

Email us @ OEM@CO.YAKIMA.WA.US to get signed up today(include name, phone number and you will be contacted as the class date draws near).

 

 

Our Mission:

To educate citizens to be better prepared to take care of themselves, family, friends and neighbors in the event of a disaster, of any type, until trained emergency responders can arrive.  To establish Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) as a resource for first responders during disasters and emergencies and to perform projects that improve a community’s preparedness.

 

 

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

KEEPING READY

 

 

 

KEEPING READY

 

(08/03/10)SUNNYSIDE,WA- Ever wondered what would happen if the Nuclear Power Plant at Hanford had a catastrophic release  of radiological material ?  

 

To prepare for this scenario the Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management presented a challenging table top exercise for  jurisdictions  and agencies within the 50 mile Ingestion Zone.   In Yakima County this area includes Grandview, Granger, Mabton, Sunnyside, Toppenish, Zillah, and the unincorporated areas.  The cities of Grandview, Granger, Mabton, Sunnyside, as well as Yakima County all had employees participating. Agency representatives from the Washington State Department of Agricultural, Washington State Department of Emergency Management, Educational Service District 105 and the Yakima County Health District participated as well.

 

The exercise presented a low stress learning environment that provided instruction and allowed participants to look at their individual jurisdictional issues in the event of a nuclear material release.

 

 

Thursday, July 29, 2010

 

 

 

 

 


CLASS STARTS SOON!

Our Mission:

To educate citizens to be better prepared to take care of themselves, family, friends and neighbors in the event of a disaster, of any type, until trained emergency responders can arrive.  To establish Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) as a resource for first responders during disasters and emergencies and to perform projects that improve a community’s preparedness.

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

What is a CERT Member?

A CERT member is a person who is trained to respond to a disaster in their neighborhood (such skills as basic first aid, debris removal, and urban search and rescue are taught).  A group of 10 or more members from a neighborhood, apartment complex, business, community group or similar residential area comprise a team.  Persons not affiliated with a team may serve as individuals.

Who may join a CERT?

Anyone who is interested in helping his or her neighborhood prepares for a disaster and provides assistance afterward.  Team training is preferred however persons may be trained even if they are not affiliated with a team.

Are You Ready?

 

NEXT CLASS WILL START SEP. 10, 11&12 2010

 

Get involved in your community by joining Yakima County CERT:

 

 

Email us @ OEM@CO.YAKIMA.WA.US to get signed up today (include name, phone number

 

 and you will be contacted as the class date draws near).

 

 

Phone:  (509) 574-1908 / Fax:  (509) 574-1901

 

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Volunteer for MRC




Join the Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps

• The MRC was founded after President Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Address, in which he asked all Americans to volunteer in support of their country. It is a partner program with Citizen Corps, a national network of volunteers dedicated to ensuring hometown security.



• MRC units are community-based and function as a way to locally organize and utilize volunteers who want to donate their time and expertise to prepare for and respond to emergencies. MRC volunteers supplement existing emergency and public health resources.



• MRC volunteers include medical and public health professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, and epidemiologists.




Types of Volunteers Needed:

• Pharmacist • Physicians/PAs • Dental Health Providers • EMT/Paramedics • Veterinarians • Nurses/CNAs •
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YAKIMA COUNTY MRC APPLICATION




VOLUNTEER APPLICATION FORM/  PERSONAL INFORMATION



Volunteer Name: ____________________________________________
Home Phone: ___________________________



Office Phone: _________________________Pager: ____________________
Cell Phone: _________________________



Address: ________________________________________________ City ____________________ Zip ______________



Date of Birth: Driver’s License Number:



Email Address:



Affiliations? (eg., school, agency, clinic):________________________________________________________________



EXPERIENCE

Current (Most Recent) Employer: ___________________________________ Supervisor: ________________________

Position: ________________________ Address __________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________



 Full Time

 Part Time

 Retired

 Other: ________________



If less than one year at current employment, please provide second employer information:

Employer: _______________________________________ Supervisor: ________________________________

Position: ________________________

Address ___________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________



 Full Time

 Part Time

 Retired

 Other: ________________

PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION: (mark or circle all that apply)

 Administrative/Support Duties

 Computer or Communications

 Dentist

 Emergency Medical Technician: Basic Intermediate Paramedic

 Environmental Health Specialist

 Health Educator

 Health Technician Type ____________________

 Interpreter

 Mental Health Practitioner

 Medical Assistant

 Media/Communications

 Nurse: RN LPN Nurse Practitioner Do you have prescriptive authority? Yes No Area of Specialty:__________________________

 Nurse Assistant

 Pharmacist

 Phlebotomist

 Physician: Area of Specialty:___________________________ Board Certified? Yes No



 Physician Assistant

 Veterinarian



Professional License Type/Number: _________________________________
Expiration Date: ______________________

Professional License Type/Number: _________________________________
Expiration Date: ______________________

Other Qualifying License(s) (commercial, equipment etc.) __________________________________________________

Brief description of what you want your role to be in the YC MRC:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

OTHER SKILLS

Are you CPR certified? Yes No

Are you first aid certified? Yes No

Other ____________________________________________________________________________________

Language Fluency: English  Spanish Sign Language Other ______________________

Please list any other special disaster training, certification, or skills that you would like us to be aware of:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION AND ACTIVATION

Tier One ______ (Activation for Only large-scale events)

Tier Two ______ (Pre-event training as well as the Tier One Activation)

Tier Three _____ (Would like to be considered for a leadership role as well as level Tier Two Activation)

Do you volunteer for another emergency organization? Yes No If so, which is your priority?_________



RESPONSE JURISDICTION (Select the farthest distance you would be willing to respond)



County of Residence _____ State of Washington _____ United States _____



EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION



Emergency Contact Name: ______________________________________
Relationship: _________________________



Day Phone: _______________________
Evening Phone: _____________________
Cell Phone: ____________________



Applicants are advised that the Yakima County MRC intends to conduct a background check.

Have you ever been convicted of a drug offense?  Yes  No

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offense?  Yes  No

Have you ever been convicted of a motor vehicle offense (other than speeding tickets)?  Yes  No

Other than the above, are there any other convictions on your personal record?  Yes  No

Details: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________


All of the information that I have supplied is correct to the best of my knowledge. I do hereby give the Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management (YVOEM) or their designee permission to inquire into my background, references, driving record, present and previous employment, licenses, certifications and criminal history. I further give permission to the holder of any such records to release the same to the YVOEM or their designee. I hold the YVOEM or their designee harmless of any liability, whether civil or criminal, which may arise as a result of the release of the information about me. I also hold harmless any individual agency, business or corporation that provides information to the YVOEM or their designee.

I understand that I am a volunteer and will not be paid for any of my services.



_____________________________________________________ ______________________________________

SIGNATURE DATE

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Confidentiality Statement

Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps

The Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps provides services to our community that may be sensitive in content. Per HIPPA (Privacy Act) regulations, we request to you sign and return the following document to your unit coordinator for placement in your file, indicating that you will keep information to which you have access confidential and not discuss it with anyone other than the staff person with whom you are working.

Confidentiality Pledge



I, ___________________________________ certify that I have read the following statement as listed below and agree to comply with the terms.

I realize that, as a Registered Emergency Worker in the State of Washington, the Department of Emergency Management and the Public Health Department for the Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps, I may acquire knowledge of confidential information from files, case records, missions, conversations, etc. I agree that such information is not to be discussed or revealed to anyone not authorized to have the information.

Signature: _______________________________________ Date: ____________

IRIS # : __________________

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Photograph and Media Consent

The Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps

The Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps may take photos, videos or otherwise document volunteers in action during trainings, exercises and or actual events. Such photographs may be used on the website, in newsletters and other publications without compensation to the volunteer or his/her representatives.

This consent does not apply to photos required for security identification.

Please choose the appropriate section:

The Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps has my permission to use my photo as stated above.

Signature: _______________________________________ Date: ____________



The Yakima Valley Medical Reserve Corps does not have my permission to use my photo as stated above.

Signature ___________________________________ Date ___________________

For questions please contact Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management MRC Coordinator at (509)574-1908



Please send your completed application packet to:


kr.catlin@co.yakima.wa.us

or


Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management MRC Coordinator: Room b-10, 128 North 2nd Street, WA 98901

Thursday, April 8, 2010

SR 410 Nile Valley Landslide Open House

 

SR 410 Nile Valley Landslide

      Next Steps-“Open House”

BUILDING A PERMANENT HIGHWAY

OPEN HOUSE

6 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Nile Valley Community Church

60 Bedrock Lane, Naches, WA

 

www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr410/landslide          

 

Thursday, March 11, 2010

VOLUNTEER CONTACT INFORMATION

VOLUNTEER  INFORMATION

  

With this update we are also asking for your assistance with a community exercise  on Thursday, April 22, 2010. We will facilitate Operation Eagle Eye Part #4 to test the different response agencies’ ability to respond to an act of terrorism.  To make the scenario as realistic as possible for the emergency responders we need volunteers of all ages to act in a wide variety of roles.  Volunteer actors will be given certain roles to play, and instruction before the exercise starts.  The exercise will last about 6 hours.  Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Our office needs help from volunteers in our community to make this exercise successful. If members of your group are interested in participating as actors, please fill out the attached form, and return to us by April 10, 2010. Mail, fax or cut-and-past it to an email or Word document and send to helga.staffan@co.yakima.wa.us . You may also call Helga Staffan@ (509) 574-1920. For more information about Operation Eagle Eye see the post below.

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Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management

128 N. 2nd Street, Yakima, WA 98901

Phone: 509-574-1920   Fax: 509-574-1901   Email: helga.staffan@co.yakima.wa.us

 

VOLUNTEER CONTACT INFORMATION

Please fill out one for each person.

 

 

Last Name: _________________________

First Name: _______________________________

Title: __________________________

Organization: __________________________________

Mailing Address: _________________________

City/Town: _________________

Zip: _______

Work Phone: _________________

Fax: ______________

Home Phone: ________________

Cell Phone: _____________

Email Address: ___________________________________________________

 

 

Additional information for Operation Eagle Eye #4 exercise, April 22, 2010.

 

Are you willing to be an actor for the exercise: 

________Yes

 _______No

 

 

Any additional information:

 

 

Please return this contact information to our office by April 10, 2010

 

*Operation Eagle Eye*

 

*Operation Eagle Eye*

Preliminary Event Scenario-YVOEM Training Exercise

 

 

…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..

 

Scenario

There is a two day energy rally in Yakima.  It is advocating the use of a new technology for  nuclear fission to produce electrical energy.  The process has failed twice killing ten people at the only test reactor located in Russia.  Very little information has been reported on the accidents.  The group says it has fixed the problems and is ready to build a working plant on the Hanford Reservation here in the US.  Opponents claims the organization has completely sacrificed safety and cannot meet their claims.  The rally is well attended with over 3800 signed in.  The event is being seen as a potential shot in the arm economically by hotels and businesses in Yakima.

 

A significant number of scientific, environmental and two known radical activist groups have denounced the process as unsafe and unreliable.   There are several environmental groups busing protestors into town to protest the event.  There are approximately 2500 protesters being reported in town awaiting guidance by their parent groups.  This is an informal report being made to the national media’s in town to cover the event.

 

The two known radical groups are People Against Fission (PAF) and Militia Against Spontaneous Atom Splitting (MASAS). Although there are undoubtedly others these are the known radical groups against the new technology.   MASAS being the most violent having claimed responsibility for a bomb at the test reactor that caused one of the deadly failures in Russia.  Both groups have vowed to disrupt and if possible stop the rally in a flamboyant manor to draw attention to what they believe is an unsafe technology that could kill millions of people and potentially destroy the world.

 

The rally starts Friday morning and ends in the afternoon on Saturday.   It includes several speakers from Russia, one from China, and an a scientist who has defected from North Korea.  The North Korean scientist is the most controversial with his absolute assurance the technology which he says he developed is completely safe.  He claims the system does not even require a containment vessel to work. 

 

Soon after starting Saturday an unknown group of perpetrators unleashes an air born pathogen. As the audiences stampedes out,  the perpetrators take numerous audience members hostage.

 

…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..…….THIS IS A TRAINING EXERCISE……..

 

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Medical Reserve Corps

An Introduction to the Medical Reserve Corps



http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov/


The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national program with a local, community-based emphasis. Its mission is to support community efforts to utilize local medical and health volunteers during emergencies and at other times of community need.

The MRC was founded after President Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Address, in which he asked all Americans to volunteer in support of their country. It is a partner program with Citizen Corps, a national network of volunteers dedicated to ensuring hometown security.






• MRC units are community-based and function as a way to locally organize and utilize volunteers who want to donate their time and expertise to prepare for and respond to emergencies and promote healthy living throughout the year. MRC volunteers supplement existing emergency and public health resources.






• MRC volunteers include medical and public health professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, veterinarians, and epidemiologists. Many community members—interpreters, chaplains, office workers, legal advisors, and others—can fill key support positions.






• MRC units are provided specific areas to target that strengthen the public health infrastructure of their communities by the U.S. Surgeon General. These are outlined priorities for the health of individuals, and the nation as a whole, which also serve as a guide to the MRC. The overarching goal is to improve health literacy, and in support of this, he wants us to work towards increasing disease prevention, eliminating health disparities, and improving public health preparedness.

Monday, January 11, 2010

FW: JAN 14-Thursday 6 PM HWY 410 Meeting

 

 

JAN 14-Thursday 6 PM HWY 410 Meeting

 

(JAN 10-OEM Yakima, WA)

  We will be having a meeting JAN 14th Thursday 6 PM at the Nile Valley Church. Responder agencies will be answering community questions regarding the future/ present situation of the HWY 410 Landslide site.

 

 

~Yakima Valley Office of Emergency Management