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Resources for Emergency Preparedness for Communities


Community Emergency Response Teams
The site provides information to help the reader locate, establish, and maintain an effective Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program and allows networking with others throughout the United States and its territories regarding CERT activities. The site offers a directory of CERT programs by State, training materials (also in Spanish), best practices of successful CERT communities, frequently asked questions, a brochure, video material, and supplemental information.

Crossing Boundaries and Building Bridges for Community and Regional Preparedness
PDF (115 KB)

Emergency Preparedness: Ashland Boyd County MRC – Working in the Field
PDF (148 KB)

Emergency Preparedness: Determined Promise 2003 – Lessons Learned
PDF (1.25 MB)

Emergency Preparedness: Field Exercises
PDF (9.54 MB)

Emergency Preparedness: The Middlesex County Public Health Department MRC Program
PDF (766 KB)

Hospital Surge Capacity Emergency Program
PDF (132 KB)

Hurricane Response – What Worked and What Didn’t
PDF (2.73 MB)

Mass Catastrophic Event Panel - Part A, Emergency Systems for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals
PDF (151 KB)

Meta-Leadership and Emergency Preparedness: A Model to Build Government Connectivity
From the 2007 National Leadership & Training Conference presentation Forging Powerful Partnerships.
PDF (141 KB)

Miami Dade MRC: Florida MRC Network
Presentation slides from the MRC National Leadership & Training Conference concurrent session titled "All-Hazards Preparedness and the MRC: Federal, State, and Local Partners Putting it all Together".
PDF (5.21 MB)

MRC Exercise 101: A Do - It - Yourself Workshop
Presentation slides from the 2008 MRC National Leadership & Training Conference.
PDF (1.26 MB)

National Preparedness and the Five Dimensions of Meta-Leadership
From the 2007 National Leadership & Training Conference presentation Forging Powerful Partnerships.
PDF (47 KB)

Pandemic Flu Planning: Use of a Local Medical Reserve Corps
PDF (112 KB)

Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance for Medical Reserve Corps Units
The Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance for Medical Reserve Corps Units identifies specific activities MRC units can do now to prepare for such an event. It provides a broad range of pandemic influenza planning and response actions that can be adapted and used by MRC units nationwide.
PDF (54 KB)

Pandemic Influenza: Link to Local Community Volunteers
PDF (109 KB)

Pandemic Influenza: Link to Local Community Volunteers
PDF (2548 KB)

POD Activation Exercise for a Pandemic
PDF (2250 KB)

Public Health Initiatives: Public Health Bioterrorism Preparedness Program
PDF (1.16 MB)

Pueblo of Zuni MRC
Presentation slides from the 2008 MRC National Leadership & Training Conference concurrent session titled "MRC Units and the Tribal Assistance Coordinator Group (TAC-G)".
PDF (5.39 MB)

San Diego County MRC and the Red Cross: An Integrated Response to Disasters
PDF (206 KB)

The Role of the MRC in Expanding Mass Dispensing Capacity
An overview of the Boston CRI plan.
PDF (1092 KB)

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Last updated on: 6/17/2008

 

 
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