Volunteering

Medical Reserve Corps Core Competencies Training 

The MRC Core Competencies serve as the national training standard for MRC volunteers. They represent a baseline level of knowledge and skills that all MRC volunteers should have, regardless of their role within the MRC unit. This training is recommended for all CRC volunteers. Some of these courses offer continuing education credits for several professions.

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Training for Community Reception Centers in Nuclear/Radiological Incidents

This training prepares volunteers for deployment in Community Reception Centers which would be established to provide evaluation, decontamination and referral in the event of a nuclear/radiological incident, such as a power plant, nuclear transportation or terrorism event. The training is flexible and core training can be completed in less than an hour.

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Incident Command System and National Incident Management System Training (IS 100.C and IS 700.N from the FEMA Emergency Management Institute)

IS 100.C: Describes the history, features and principles, and structure of the Incident Command System, which is the organizational basis for the response to any incident.
IS 700.B: Provides an overview of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) which guides all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector to work together seamlessly to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents.

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Psychological First Aid (SAMHSA/NCTSN)

In a disaster or public health incident, affected individuals and responders will likely be affected by high levels of anxiety and prolonged, intense stress. It’s important that, as a volunteer, you are prepared for, and have strategies for dealing with, these factors.  The Psychological First Aid (PFA) course helps participants learn the core principles of PFA and describes ways to apply them in different scenarios and with different survivor needs. This course also covers provider well-being before, during, and after disasters. 

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