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Coordinating: Introduction

Your Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit is intended to supplement your community’s existing public health and emergency medical capabilities. Many of these organizations or groups will have existing operational procedures and requirements for their paid staff. The MRC unit coordinator’s task will be to facilitate the eventual integration of MRC volunteers into these groups.

As part of your local preparedness efforts, MRC volunteers may need to train or conduct emergency response exercises in concert with your community response partners. The unit coordinator will need to maintain the best possible communications with them during an emergency or engagement. Post-response activities will be part of the ongoing dialogue that will help improve responsiveness as your MRC volunteers are needed.

Given the MRC’s supplementary role, coordination with local response partners is essential. Remember that this method of coordination may vary due to differing local conditions. The manner in which you structure your MRC unit may change as lessons are learned and as you become adept at expanding and nurturing your broad network of partners.

This publication discusses partnering and developing a community network and describes some possible issues that may arise when working with your local response partners. Examples of community practices are used to illustrate these general principles.

Topics Addressed in This Publication

This publication discusses topics related to partnering and developing a community network, including the following:

A partnering primer
Developing a community network
Working with response partners to understand risks, needs, and resources
Communicating during and after an incident
Identifying activities during non-emergency periods

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Last Updated on 8/18/2006