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News Archive - 2006
2006 Hurricane Preparedness
December
- Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers Sought
December 27, 2006
David Black is imbued with the spirit of Bedford’s colonial Minute Men and Militia. The local public health director is putting out a call for volunteers to serve as members of the town’s first Medical Reserve Corps (MRC).
- Sheriff Expands First-Responders Force
December 15, 2006
SAN BERNARDINO – The way Sheriff Gary Penrod sees it, the unpredictable terrain of San Bernardino County requires just about anyone with medical skills to be on permanent notice.
November
- Statement by Desiree T. Sayle Regarding MRC Milestone
November 9, 2006
USA Freedom Corps today released the following statement from Desiree T. Sayle, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps: "The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) has announced that it is successfully standing up its 500th active unit of skilled medical volunteers."
- MRC Reaches 500 MRC Unit Milestone
November 9, 2006
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), a national network of locally based medical, public health, and other volunteers who help to strengthen the public health system of their communities, has reached a milestone. With the recent registration and approval of the Summit County, Utah, Medical Reserve Corps in Park City, the MRC now has 500 units.
- Volunteers Preparing
November 3, 2006
Like a group of grown-up Boy Scouts, these volunteers try to be prepared for any disaster. They're the Rappahannock Medical Reserve Corps. Their job during a hurricane or train wreck, massive power outage or nationwide pandemic would be to help local health departments do their job.
October
- 2006 Preparedness Run Flyer Adobe PDF (165 KB)
October 27, 2006
The Kane County Medical Reserve Corps and the American Red Cross will sponsor the 2006 Rescue Riders Preparedness Run on Saturday, November 4.
- Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Accepts Award Adobe PDF (171 KB)
October 10, 2006
Rabbi Chaim Kolodny welcomed visitors to his home last week to celebrate Succot, a joyous holiday which concludes the Jewish High Holy Days.
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August
- Medical Reserve Corps Now in All 50 States
August 31, 2006
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), a national network of locally based medical, public health, and other volunteers who help strengthen the public health system of their communities, has reached a new milestone.
- Mid-America Medical Reserve Corps to Team Up With VA Medical Center
August 25, 2006
The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), on behalf of the Mid-America Medical Reserve Corps (MAMRC), has recently entered into an agreement with the Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) to provide supplemental staffing to meet both emergency and non-emergency needs.
- New Public Health Reserve Corps Invites Volunteers for Disaster Response
August 2, 2006
Volunteers are invited to join a new Public Health Reserve Corps which provides a way for health professionals and other support volunteers to augment and work beside Public Health staff during an emergency response.
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July
- Upper Merrimack Valley MRC - Flood Deployment
July 6, 2006
The region can be proud of the MRC's stunning response to the flooding disaster that ravaged Greater Lowell this spring. The national network of MRC units was especially designed to provide care in each unit's local area within the first 72 hours of an emergency.
June
- Medical Reserve Corps to Receive Award From Air Force Association
June 29, 2006
On Saturday, July 1, the Truman Chapter 185 of the Air Force Association will formally recognize the Mid-America Medical Reserve Corps (MAMRC) with honors and a special citation for its efforts to support public health in the Kansas City region.
- Medical Reserve Info Scheduled at Tuesday Training
June 26, 2006
A training session scheduled in Princeton Tuesday night as part of the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security’s Citizen Corps program will offer community members a chance to ready themselves and their families for disasters and emergencies, while also offering training for a medical reserve program to assist medical and emergency officials in their public response to crises.
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May
- Emergency Healthcare Organized
May 4, 2006
A volunteer group of healthcare professionals is being formed to help treat the sick or injured if a bird flu outbreak or other medical emergency hits Boston's western suburbs.
- Top Program that Keeps America Safer: DHHS MRC
May 4, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC – Mitretek Systems and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard’s prestigious JFK School, have selected the Department of Health and Human Services Medical Reserve Corps program as one of the five finalist for the prestigious Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security.
- Bush Administration Refines Pandemic Preparedness Plan
May 3, 2006
The Bush administration unveiled a far-reaching plan May 3, directing federal government agencies to take more than 300 actions to prepare for an outbreak of pandemic influenza.
- Press Briefing by Scott McClellan and Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend
May 3, 2006
MR. McCLELLAN: All right, good afternoon, everyone. You should have our copies of the implementation plan for the pandemic influenza, and I've got our Homeland Security Advisor with me today, Fran Townsend, to give you an overview of that and then take your questions on it.
April
- Governor Bush Presents Points of Light Award to Patricia Santucci
April 26, 2006
Governor Jeb Bush today recognized Dr. Patricia Santucci of Sanibel as this week's Points of Light Award recipient. Santucci creates emergency preparedness programs to assist the Southwest Florida Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) with emergency response.
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February
- Chatham Medical Reserve Corps
February 8, 2006
The Chatham Citizen Corps Council is now a free standing non-profit organization. With its inception, the Council has now been approved for nine VISTA positions to continue building the capacity of the Homeland Security Programs the Council oversees. New VISTAs should start arriving around May, with the VISTA program lasting for three years.
- Preparing To Deal With a Major Emergency
February 5, 2006
Pandemic. Bioterrorism. Natural disaster. No one likes to imagine the worst, but in Randolph, Board of Health officials are doing just that as they prepare for the possibility of a public health crisis. In doing so, they put themselves on the forefront of local efforts to deal with such crises.
- Medical Reserve Corps Stands Ready To Serve
February 1, 2006
The Manalapan Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), which was formed in the months following the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on America, has grown to 150 members.
January
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