Kern Medical Reserve Corps
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Kern Medical Reserve Corps (KMRC)
The Medical Reserve Corps is being formed through Kern County Department of Public Health to coordinate the efforts of volunteers with medical backgrounds to respond in the event of an emergency. To register as a Medical Reserve Corps volunteer, please complete our on-line registration form or print and fax/mail the hardcopy registration form.
Click here for online registration.
Volunteers Building Strong, Healthy, and Prepared Communities
In any disastrous event, local healthcare resources may be overwhelmed and additional medical, non-medical and mental health volunteers will be needed.
KMRC volunteers can play a crucial role in making this happen by being part of a pre-identified, pre-credentialed and pre-trained team of potential responders.
KMRC is a unit of the national Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). KMRC is sponsored by the Kern County Department of Public Health. In an official local disaster or emergency, KMRC volunteers will be activated under the Kern County Emergency Operations Plan.
Benefits of KMRC membership:
- Be part of a volunteer team that can be called to service efficiently to help our communities recover as quickly as possible
- Reduce injuries, save lives
- Be trained in disaster response
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- Established by President Bush following 9 – 11
- Housed in the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
- Purpose – to develop teams of medical, non-medical and mental health volunteers who are pre-screened, pre-credentialed and pre-trained to effectively augment healthcare facilities and workers in their local communities
