Southeast Idaho Medical Reserve Corps

Medical Reserve Corps is looking for volunteers!

Informative video about Medical Reserve Corps
(11MB - Windows Media Video)

If you have any difficulties or questions with either of the above links, please contact Denise O'Farrell at (208) 239-5208.

What is the Southeast Idaho Medical Reserve Corps?

The Southeast Idaho Medical Reserve Corps is part of, and under the direction of, the Public Health Preparedness program within the Southeastern District Health Department (SDHD). It was officially recognized by the Office of the Surgeon General in March 2004.

SDHD serves and maintains offices/clinics in:

Bannock County
Bear Lake County
Bingham County
Butte County
Caribou County
Franklin County
Oneida County
Power County

The Southeast Idaho Medical Reserve Corps recruits healthcare professionals (active and retired) from all fields - physicians, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, pharmacists, psychologists, social workers, EMTs, veterinarians, and medical students. Non-medical support volunteers with administrative, clerical, security, ham radio operations, translation, and interpretation experience will also play a vital role in the MRC.

The Mission of the Southeast Idaho Medical Reserve Corps

Established in March 2004, the mission of the Southeast Idaho Medical Reserve Corps is to provide local communities with volunteers, willing to offer their time, knowledge, and skills to address their community's public health needs and to support emergency personnel during a large-scale emergency.

Who is eligible to become a Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer?

Any person with an interest in helping there community can volunteer. Volunteers can be active or inactive/retired health care professionals or students in a health-related field. Non-health related volunteers are also needed to provide basic support services, such as record keeping, fundraising, communications, security, food services, and transportation.

Types of Volunteers Needed

Physicians
Mental Health Practitioners
Epidemiologists
Nurses
Pharmacists
Physician assistants
Nurse practitioners
Dental hygienists
Dentists
Veterinarians
Health Educators
Environmental engineers
Translators & interpreters
Clergy
Medical records experts
Data entry staff
Ham radio operators
Computer specialists

Volunteer Training

All volunteers are strongly encouraged to attend a basic orientation in which the following topics are discussed:

Preparedness planning in southeastern Idaho
An overview of the Strategic National Stockpile
A basic orientation to the Incident Command System

Upon completion of the volunteer orientation volunteers will receive a certificate and a MRC badge to be used as identification if they are deployed.

Independent Study ICS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
To obtain the ICS-100 course materials or take the course online go to http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is100.asp
Independent Study IS-700.a: National Incident Management System (NIMS)
To obtain the IS-700.a course materials or take the course online go to http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is700a.asp

View the Southeast Idaho Medical Reserve Corps brochure

To Register for the Southeast Idaho Medical Reserve Corps

Volunteer Idaho

Volunteers may enroll in the MRC in a variety of ways. The preferred registration method is to visit www.volunteeridaho.org and register as a volunteer. (You must have an active email account to register on Volunteer Idaho).

Volunteer Idaho will provide advance credentialing and verification of licensure data for volunteer health professionals. Volunteer Idaho provides the ongoing ability to manage volunteers through secure registration, capturing credential and license information, recording relevant training and education, querying and mobilizing volunteers, verify credentials on and offline, logging and tracking volunteers assignments, location and duration.

Paper Registration Information
To request a paper registration form, please contact Penny Nelson at 239-5295.