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Coordinating: Key Activities

The information on starting a Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) unit in this publication is intended to support the following ongoing efforts:

1. Developing a network of community partners and supporters that provides multiple resources and optimizes your MRC volunteers’ effectiveness.
    
2. Working with response partners to understand risks, needs, and resources as an ongoing part of planning for volunteer utilization.
    
3. Communicating before, during, and after an incident or utilization of volunteers so that critical information can flow efficiently and accurately and working procedures with response partners can be improved.
    
4. Identifying volunteer activities during non-emergency periods. This may expand your network of partners, offer your volunteers a method of connecting to the MRC year-round, and provide needed health support to your community throughout the year.

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Last Updated on 8/21/2006