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News Archive - 2007
December
- Medical Reserve Corps Discusses Training Programs, Plans Membership Drive
December 13, 2007
Members of the Saline County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) held a brief business meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in Buckner Wellness Center at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall.
- Long Beach Medical Reserves Readied
December 9, 2007
LONG BEACH – When a major earthquake, a viral outbreak or any other disaster strikes Long Beach, area hospitals could become overwhelmed with the sick or injured.
- Medical Reserve Corps Seeks Volunteers
December 4, 2007
In a hurricane or pandemic flu, medical volunteers could play a key role providing emergency health care and first aid. Calcasieu Parish now has its own medical corps for such emergencies and they are looking for volunteers.
- Woman Works to Help to Keep Community Safe
December 2, 2007
In the Midwest we do not experience the hurricanes that cause such devastation in the Southern and Eastern coastal states or the terrible mudslides and fires that destroy homes, businesses and forests in California. Consequently, we may tend to be lulled into a false sense of security, thinking disasters don't happen here.
November
- HHS Launches Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative
November 27, 2007
First Lady Laura Bush today saluted the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ new Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention Initiative, announced today at the National Prevention Summit, which targets obesity prevention and the promotion of healthy weight for children.
- Medical Reserve Corps Seeks Veterinary Volunteers
November 1, 2007
The Medical Reserve Corps is looking for more veterinarians to join the ranks of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, and other health professionals who volunteer with community health teams.
October
- Mock Pandemic Tests Area Medical Volunteers
October 17, 2007
NORWOOD – In the event of a national or worldwide influenza epidemic, area hospitals expect to be overwhelmed by patients and plan to lean on volunteer Medical Reserve Corps in each town.
- Medical Reserve Corps Forms for Large-Scale Disasters
October 11, 2007
Airliner crashes, terror attacks, killer storms, large-scale industrial accidents, flu pandemics—imagine the worst.
- Double Duty; City Clinic will Protect Against Flu and Test Emergency Preparedness
October 8, 2007
WORCESTER – Roll up your sleeves for “community immunity,” Worcester health experts are urging, so you can help in more ways than one.
- Town to Join Med Corps
October 4, 2007
SHREWSBURY – Shrewsbury is the latest town to participate with 70 other Worcester area communities in the Worcester Regional Medical Reserve Crops, a group of medical professionals and volunteers serving during natural disasters and other emergencies.
- Local Flu Clinics Set to go on the Road
October 2, 2007
While last year's mass influenza immunization clinic held at the Champaign County Fairgrounds was successful, the Champaign Health District leadership hope that smaller clinics over a week-long period at 13 locations throughout the county will reach more people, said Health Commissioner Shelia Hiddleson.
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September
- There When You Need Them
September 28, 2007
BELLINGHAM – Thanks to the increasing number of volunteers joining the Worcester Regional Medical Reserve Corps, the public can be more confident about safety in the event of a health emergency.
- No Shortage of Flu Vaccine This Year
September 25, 2007
After two straight years of flu vaccine shortages and production delays, health officials say record numbers of vaccines will be available this year.
- Public Health Wants Volunteers for Emergency Medical Corps
September 25, 2007
ALBANY – During September, National Emergency Preparedness, Southwest District Public Health is renewing its call for volunteers.
- Volunteers Needed for Medical Reserve Corps
September 24, 2007
Scott, Carver and Dakota counties are seeking potential volunteers for their Medical Reserve Corps programs, which train residents to respond in emergencies.
- Community Urged to be Prepared for Emergencies
September 23, 2007
September is National Preparedness Month, and members of the Pennyrile Regional Citizens Corps Council are using the occasion to re-emphasize the need to be prepared for emergencies at home, at work and at school.
- Emergencies: What do you do?
September 21, 2007
A fire breaks out. You have 30 minutes—or less—to leave. Your children are at school. Your neighbors are on their roofs with hoses. Where do you go? What do you pack? Who do you call?
- Staying Prepared: Health Officials Give Tips for National Preparedness Month
September 21, 2007
Public health and safety agencies are taking extra steps to inform residents about emergency preparedness throughout September.
- Volunteers Receive Response Training
September 19, 2007
Each year beginning June 1 and continuing through Nov. 30, hurricane season is here. As Massachusetts residents we are rarely exposed to the devastation that other parts of our country experience from hurricanes with frightening regularity.
- Volunteer Reserve Corps Face Overhaul
September 17, 2007
Bird flu may have fallen off most radar screens, and the only hurricanes are lurking far to our south. But the need for a coordinated, volunteer-based emergency response on Cape Cod is as imperative as ever, say local health officials.
- La Plata County Backs Medical Reserve Corps
September 12, 2007
As the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks was marked around the country, the Medical Reserve Corps of Southwest Colorado came into formal existence Tuesday through an agreement approved by La Plata County commissioners.
- Emergency Response Team Offers Disaster Preparedness Workshops
September 12, 2007
SUDBURY – If a hurricane or earthquake hit Massachusetts, are Sudbury residents prepared?
- Town Wants to Beef up Medical Reserve Corps
September 11, 2007
WESTWOOD – The Board of Health is once again looking to bolster its volunteer Medical Reserve Corps, which joins with Caritas Norwood Hospital next month for a drill.
- Local Nurses Asked for Flood Relief Work
September 1, 2007
Registered nurses who are members of the Lucas County Medical Reserve Corps are asked to assist flood-relief efforts in Hancock County today through Friday, working under the local emergency operations center, the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department has announced.
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August
- Back-to-School Time is Also National Preparedness Month
August 31, 2007
September is National Preparedness Month and it is also when children get into the back-to-school routine. In a statement today, the Wabash County Health Department and the Wabash Medical Reserve Corps reminded that pencils, markers, backpacks, and rulers are not the only tools students need when going back to school.
- The California Emergency Medical Services Authority and the SCCMRC Prepare for Major California Disaster
August 25, 2007
LOS ALAMITOS, California – The Santa Cruz County Medical Reserve Corps (SCCMRC) participated in California Emergency Medical Services Authority’s Rough & Ready 2007, an annual training and demonstration designed to enhance California’s emergency response system.
- Our View: Medical Corps a Critical Asset
August 22, 2007
When the Air Force Thunderbirds take to the sky this weekend for the Cape Cod Air Show, the medical team standing by to provide first aid will include SouthCoast disaster relief volunteers embarking on their first deployment, a welcome trial run in a non-emergency setting.
- Perry County Setting up Medical Reserve Corps
August 9, 2007
NEW LEXINGTON – The Perry County Health Department and the Perry County Emergency Management Agency have established the Perry County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC).
- Civilian Emergency Responders Wanted for Unit
August 7, 2007
More than a dozen nurses have joined a fledgling Cape Girardeau County medical reserve corps unit. Charlotte Craig, Cape Girardeau County Health Department's director, hopes more people, with or without medical backgrounds, join the group.
- U of M Professor Listens, Calms Victims After Bridge Collapse
August 4, 2007
Most people watched TV, read the paper, or listened to the radio to get a sense of what it was like when the Minneapolis Interstate-35W bridge plummeted into the Mississippi River during bumper-to-bumper traffic on Wednesday evening.
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July
- Tazwell Co. Organizing Medical Emergency Response Team
July 24, 2007
TREMONT – In a crisis, people want to know how they can help. Several Central Illinois health departments, in cooperation with emergency management agencies and the federal government, are giving people an opportunity to be trained volunteers to assist in emergencies.
- Practice Managing Community Emergency Response
July 23, 2007
XENIA – The Greene County Combined Heath District will be conducting a Volunteer Reception Center (VRC) Exercise at the Media Center at 541 Ledbetter Road, Xenia, on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Community Encouraged to Attend Emergency Preparedness Meeting
July 19, 2007
An emergency preparedness meeting for all Lincoln County residents will be held Thursday, July 26, at 7 p.m. at The Lincoln Center.
- Board of Health Makes Plans for Disaster Preparedness
July 19, 2007
HARVARD – At the July 10 meeting of the Board of Health, Ken Gikas, of the Region II Emergency Preparedness Coalition, said he will work with the board to identify and seek out members of the community who are willing to support emergency and bioterrorism preparedness efforts.
- County's Medical Reserve Corp Seeks Volunteers
July 16, 2007
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) of Carver County invites residents to attend an orientation session and join as a volunteer.
- Medical Corps Need Volunteers
July 2, 2007
To sit back and wait does not sit well with Esther L. Seligman. "We need to take responsibility for our care," said Seligman, a respiratory therapist and Springfield Technical Community College professor.
June
- Disaster Preparedness Workers Sought
June 22, 2007
HOLYOKE – Board of Health Director Daniel B. Bresnahan is looking for more volunteer help to aid Holyoke and its citizens in the event of a natural or human-caused disaster.
- County of Orange Earns 7 NACo Achievement Awards
June 14, 2007
SANTA ANA – The County of Orange was selected for seven Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo). The awards will be presented at the NACo Annual Conference in Richmond, Virginia on July 15.
- Riders on, After the Storm
June 3, 2007
If a tornado hits with all the assorted downed limbs and building debris, motorcycles can get where four-wheel vehicles cannot. That’s where the Kane County Medical Reserve Corps’ Rescue Riders fit in.
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May
April
- Public Learns Disaster First Aid
April 15, 2007
About 50 people gathered at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Saturday to prepare for disaster. “Our idea is to get volunteers trained and ready,” said Cori Green, a nurse and coordinator for Douglas County Medical Reserve Corps.
- 'Emergency Preparedness +' Program Helps Students Plan for Emergencies
April 14, 2007
BELLEVUE – Symetra Financial and the National Brokerage Consortium (NBC) announced today that they are partnering with The Department of Homeland Security's National Office of Citizen Corps to raise the level of the awareness for emergency preparedness in elementary schools.
- Medical, Non-medical Volunteers Sought for Emergencies
April 9, 2007
Scott County’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is seeking volunteers to help in the event of a public health emergency. An upcoming orientation is planned for new volunteers.
- Steinhaus Tours Emergency Response Center With NYS Health Commissioner
April 5, 2007
POUGHKEEPSIE – Dutchess County Executive William R. Steinhaus hosted New York State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines on a tour of the Dutchess County Emergency Response Center today.
- Communications are Vital in Emergencies: Towns are Preparing—So Should Families
April 5, 2007
AMHERST – Western Massachusetts public health officials and hundreds of volunteers are taking part in a drill on Thursday, April 12 from 9 a.m.–noon, to assess the area’s readiness to respond to a public health emergency. The event, simulating a large-scale bacterial meningitis outbreak, is the largest and first of its kind in Massachusetts.
- Health Department Protects Local Firefighters
April 1, 2007
Marty Thone left a meeting at the Parkway Plaza in July 2005 and noticed smoke billowing from Poor Boys Steakhouse. "It was 100 degrees," said Thone, with the Casper-Natrona County Health Department.
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March
- Medical Reserve Corps Moves Forward
March 30, 2007
Dr. Dewey Hobson, a retired veterinarian, helped out after earthquakes struck in California, and a new program being organized by Yuma County may have him doing that work once again if disaster strikes here.
- County to Launch Medical Reserve Corps
March 18, 2007
County officials are launching a local Medical Reserve Corps, a database of active and retired medical professionals who could be called upon during major disasters.
- Local Disaster Volunteers Sought
March 14, 2007
When disaster strikes, many of us feel an urgent need to help, as was demonstrated in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers play a critical role in ensuring a rapid and full response to an emergency.
- Medical Volunteers Sought
March 13, 2007
Looking to stay one step ahead in case a pandemic ever hits, the state Department of Health is seeking volunteers to join the Hawaii Medical Reserve Corps.
- No Winking at Underage Drinking
March 13, 2007
Entry into adulthood takes many forms, ranging from ceremonial to casual. But the US Surgeon General warns of a growing willingness by Americans to accept underage drinking as a youthful rite of passage, and one with dangerous consequences.
- Bird Flu Drill Held at Senior Center
March 11, 2007
BOSTON – Last November, 635 elderly people filed into the Worcester Senior Center to get their annual flu shots. They were done in less than four hours.
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February
- Corps' Coordinator Calling for Manalapan Volunteers
February 28, 2007
MANALAPAN – Volunteers to fill medical and nonmedical positions in Manalapan's Medical Reserve Corps are being sought. Kim Silverstein, the coordinator of the Medical Reserve Corps, recently outlined the organization's functions and needs in a presentation to the Township Committee.
- Medical Reserve Corps Forming in Westfield
February 27, 2007
WESTFIELD – A $10,000 grant will help kick-start a program designed to enhance emergency preparedness in the Greater Westfield area.
- Doctors Wanted for California City Corps
February 21, 2007
FREMONT – Is there a doctor in the house? Fremont Fire Department officials are asking that question as part of their preparation for dealing with a local emergency in the future.
- VNA Searching for Volunteers: State Grant to Fund Medical Reserve Corps Startup
February 13, 2007
A $10,000 Colorado Department of Health and Environment grant will pay for the initial startup costs of a new program being put together by the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association.
- Five Years of USA Freedom Corps: Celebrating American Service
February 13, 2007
Today, President and Mrs. Bush celebrated the fifth anniversary of USA Freedom Corps. In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President Bush announced the creation of USA Freedom Corps (USAFC) to build on the acts of service and generosity that followed the September 11 attacks.
January
- President Bush to Recognize Kansas City Woman for Dedication to Volunteer Service
January 24, 2007
President George W. Bush will present the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Susan Hoskins when he arrives at the airport in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday, January 25, 2007.
- Nurses Needed: Interview With an Oklahoma MRC Volunteer
January 18, 2007
Tulsa television News Channel 6 KOTV interview with Cheryl Burks, Volunteer LPN, at McAlester Regional Health Center during the January 18 ice storm.
- Medical Volunteers Sought
January 3, 2007
One does not have to look far to find examples of the consequences of being caught unprepared: Hurricane Katrina, the Asian tsunami, and, of course, Sept. 11. Where would you turn if the unthinkable should happen here?
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Last Updated on 8/25/2008
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