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Guidelines: Appendix A: MRC Unit Handbook

Sample Contents and Elements

I. Introduction

• Overview
• Mission statement
• Objectives
• Scope (description of area served by the MRC unit and the types of services it can provide)
• Situation
• Assumptions
• Local plan coordination

II. Organization and Unit Composition

• Organizational structure
• Unit composition
  • Steering or advisory committee
  • Unit positions
• Job action sheets

III. Utilization of Volunteers

• Concept of operations
• Incident Command System and National Incident Management System 
• Activation
• Emergency operations
• Non-emergency activities
• Demobilization
• Out-of-area volunteer deployment
  • State
  • Federal (Public Health Service auxiliary)

IV. Communications

• Equipment
• Procedures

V. Training and Exercises

• Required training
• Recommended training
• Training sources
• Exercises
  • Full-scale exercises
  • Functional exercises
  • Tabletop exercises
  • Orientations
• Training records

VI. MRC Unit Apparel and Equipment

• MRC unit apparel
• Unit equipment
• Individual equipment
  • Required
  • Recommended

VII. Volunteer Recruitment and Selection

• Volunteer recruitment
• Background checks
• Volunteer selection
• Recruiting administration

VIII. Administration

• Unit bylaws
• Unit membership
• Identification cards
• Unit meetings
• Unit records
• Plan review and maintenance

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Last Updated on 8/29/2006