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Webinar Series: Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Governors Association, and American Bar Association announced the launch of a...
Sep 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Engage with the Medical Reserve Corps at the 2017 Preparedness Summit
By Brennan J. Leddy, M.A.Ed, Communications Specialist, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Program, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and...
Apr 17, 2017 | Guest Author
An Ideal Match: Mission Ready Packages and the Medical Reserve Corps
By Katherine Deffer, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) program was created to provide trained...
Nov 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman
Incident Management Workgroup March Report
NACCHO’s Incident Management workgroup held its monthly call on March 23. John Degnan, Public Health Emergency Response...
Apr 07, 2015 | Rachel Schulman
NEMA-ASTHO Joint Policy Work Group Meeting
Representatives from the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) and the Association of State and Territorial Health...
Aug 28, 2014 | Scott Fisher
Understanding Mission Ready Packages for MRC Units
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials has created a factsheet to highlight the role of MRC units in Mission Ready...
Jul 18, 2014 | Admin
Incident Management Workgroup June Report
The Incident Management Workgroup held two calls in the month of June. The first, held on June 2, included an update on the...
Jul 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
Health Ethics & LawWebinar Series: Legal Preparedness for Public Health EmergenciesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Governors Association, and American Bar Association announced the launch of a four-part webinar series, “Preparedness and Response for Public Health Emergencies: Exploring the Role of Law,” which will explore legal preparedness for public health emergencies. Sep 19, 2019 | Kim Rodgers |
Engage with the Medical Reserve Corps at the 2017 Preparedness SummitBy Brennan J. Leddy, M.A.Ed, Communications Specialist, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Program, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a national network of volunteers, organized locally to improve the health and safety of their communities. Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the MRC program was created to engage volunteers to strengthen... Apr 17, 2017 | Guest Author |
An Ideal Match: Mission Ready Packages and the Medical Reserve CorpsBy Katherine Deffer, NACCHO Senior Program Analyst The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) program was created to provide trained medical and non-medical volunteers as support to local public health agencies, emergency preparedness initiatives, and emergency response missions. Since the inception of the program, MRC Volunteers have proven their ability to protect their local communities and... Nov 17, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman |
Incident Management Workgroup March ReportNACCHO’s Incident Management workgroup held its monthly call on March 23. John Degnan, Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator for Eastern Highlands Health District, CT, led a discussion on the development of public health mission ready packages for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC). Workgroup members also provided feedback to NACCHO on PHEP concurrence practices in... Apr 07, 2015 | Rachel Schulman |
NEMA-ASTHO Joint Policy Work Group MeetingRepresentatives from the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) convened their joint policy work group on August 12 in Raleigh, NC. The overarching purpose of the work group is to discuss and identify opportunities to strengthen the partnerships between emergency management and public health. Some of […] Aug 28, 2014 | Scott Fisher |
Understanding Mission Ready Packages for MRC UnitsThe Association of State and Territorial Health Officials has created a factsheet to highlight the role of MRC units in Mission Ready Packages (MRPs), which are specially created asset bundles used in disaster recovery and response. MRPs are defined as “specific response and recovery capabilities that are organized, developed, trained and exercised prior to an emergency […] Jul 18, 2014 | Admin |
Incident Management Workgroup June ReportThe Incident Management Workgroup held two calls in the month of June. The first, held on June 2, included an update on the development of Emergency Management Assistance Compact mission ready packages for public health to be deployed and a discussion of local public health’s priorities related to homeland security. The workgroup also reviewed changes […] Jul 07, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
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