Region 4A Resources

Region 4A

Public Health Emergency Response

Massachusetts fastest growing Medical Reserve Corps

Region 4A Resource Material

Family Readiness
Infection control \| Forming a Sucessful MRC \| Steps to Sustaining a Sucessful MRC \| Videos
	Animal Disaster Plan	Support plan for farm, pet and exotic animals.
	Baby Steps in Preparedness	Help for famlies in preparing for emergencies.
	Car Preparedness and Safety	List of items that are recommended for a car emergency kit.
	Emergency Financial Planning	Sound advice on managing household debt.
	Family Disaster Plan	MRC Region 4 A Guide to disaster planning.
	Family Emergency Info Form	Blank form and pocket cards for recording essential emergency info.
	Family and Pet Preparedness	Preparing your family pet for emergency.
	Household Chemical Emergency	Prevent, Recognize and Respond to household chemical exposure.
	Three Day Kit	An itemized list of what you should have available to be self sufficient for 72 hours in case of an emergency.
	72 Hour Shopping List	Guidelines for your family 72 Hour Emergency Kit
Infection Control
	Hand Hygiene	Proper hand washing: the best way to reduce the spread of the common cold, flu and other infections.
	CDC Infection Control Guidelines	A site rich with information and materials.
	Anderson County Medical Reserve Corps	Videos on a variety of MRC topics, including accommodations for special needs
	OSCHA Guide to infection and hand washing	Protection from the hazards of Nosocomial infections.
	Pandemic Planning for Schools	Steps schools can take to reduce risk during Flu outbreaks
	"Why Don't We Do It In Our Sleeves?	A short video on coughing and sneezing based on CDC infection control guidelines.
Forming a Sucessful MRC
	Basics of Forming a Sucessful MRC	Power Point Presentation-Guidelines to assist in forming an MRC
	Core Competencies Flyer	Explanation of the recommended basic knowledge and skills needed to be MRC volunteers
	Cori Request Forms	Request to local authorties for mandatory background check of any Volunteer
	Establishing and Maintaining your MRC unit	A 'How To' manual on establishing and maintaining an MRC unit, from the Office of the Surgeon General.
	Liability Protection	A brief outline of liability and Workers Compensation prtections in Massachusetts
	MRC Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidance	Guidance indentifying important, specific activities MRC Units can do now to prepare for possible outbreaks.
	MRC Volunteer Application	Administration Form
	Levels of Volunteerism	Region 4A volunteer levels of participation
	Orientation Agenda	A helpful Agenda for your MRC's Orientation Meeting
	Preparing Public Health For Emergency Response	PDF of Powerpoint slides.
	Recruitment Press Release	Make the Community Aware of your MRC
	Region 4A District Map	Map of North, Central, and South Districts in Region 4A.
	Sign In Sheet	Document attendees of your MRC Meetings and Events
	Event Planning Worksheet	An example worksheet for planing events (source: Marlborough MRC)
	Training Commitee Recommendations	All statewide MRC Training recommendations should be reviewed annually by the Training Committee and revised where appropriate.
	Terrorism_and_Chemical	Procedures to follow in the event of a terrorist or chemical attack.
	Volunteer Protection Act of 1997	The text of public law 105-19.
Steps to Sustaining a Sucessful MRC
	Communications Guidelines	MRC Comms
	First Executive Committee Meeting Agenda	Helpful Outline for Executive Commitee meetings
	Guidelines for Executive Committees	Summary of intended goals and structure of Executive Commitees
	Training Resources	Organizations that provide training programs in Massachusetts
	Letter to Executive Commitee Members	Send this letter to members you recruit
	Newsletter	Marlbourough MRC Fall 2006 Newsletter
	Region 4A Standard Operating Procedure	SOP's, guidelines and history of MRC's
	Steps to Sustaining a Successful MRC	Power Point Presentation
	Steps to Sustaining a Successful MRC	Word Document
	Web Page Town of Stow	Download this sample page in Word
	Web Page Town of Sudbury	Download this sample page in Word
Steps to sustaining an MRC by building it into an NPO (Non-Profit Organization)
	Steps to Sustaining a MRC Non-Pofit	2008 Power Point Presentation-Steps to Sustaining a MRC Non-Pofit
	Sustaining a Successful Medical Reserve Corps	Download this Word document
	Region-4A Business Plan	Download this sample page in Word
	Bylaws template.	Download this sample page in Word
	Conflict of Interest Policy template	Download this sample page in Word
	Sample Guidelines for an Exec Committee	Download this sample page in Word
	Sample Incorporation Document	Download this sample page in Word
	Sample letter to community groups	Download this sample page in Word
	Sample Press Release	Download this sample page in Word
	Sample Exec. Committee Recruitment Letter	Download this sample page in Word
Informative Videos
	Applying ICS to an EDS Clinic	38 minute 49 seconds A full-length training video for download and presentation Produced by Liisa Jackson and Jim Cozzens at the HCAM studio Quicktime format (get Quicktime 7 from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/) Large (60MB) file will be slow to load. Suggest right-click link and select Save Target As... or Download Linked File
	MRC Introduction	1 minute 52 seconds
	Why should you become a MRC member?	2 minutes 7 seconds
	Who Can Join an MRC	2 minutes 52 seconds
	MRC Time Commitment	3 minutes 14 seconds
	MRC Training Video	2 minutes 48 seconds
	Final Thoughts on Joining an MRC	2 minutes 43 seconds