Stark County Health Department

STARK MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS

TRAININGS

Trainings for volunteers will be offered throughout the year. Some trainings offer free CE’s and may be medically oriented. All trainings are open to all medical and non-medical volunteers. Unless noted otherwise, trainings are free of charge and count as MRC approved trainings. If you are interested in attending one of those listed below, please email Tim Gabrelcik at gabrelcikt@starkhealth.org or call 330-493-9904 x284. THIS LIST WILL BE UPDATED MONTHLY AS TRAININGS MAY BE ADDED

Introduction to the Medical Reserve Corps and Emergency Response (2 hours)
This is the required general overview of the MRC and emergency management in Stark County. All volunteers should attend this training first. This MRC 101 introductory will be offered at the Stark County Health Department, 3951 Convenient Circle NW, Canton, Ohio 44718

Are You Ready? (1 hour)
Are you ready? Is your family ready? How about your workplace? If you are a volunteer who may respond to a disaster, you will want your home and work to be prepared in case you are gone for long periods. This is a review of local hazards and response as well as personal preparedness. This one hour training is recommended for every volunteer, including the general public. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their lunch when this is offered as a “Lunch N Learn”. This gives volunteers a chance to meet the MRC Coordinator and to meet other volunteers!

Red Cross Trainings
The federal government is encouraging cross training of MRC volunteers in order to have a better response to local and national emergencies. The Red Cross is offering trainings to the MRC at no charge. It is recommended that volunteers attend Red Cross trainings in a specific order. Some of these may have nursing CE’s

Intro to Incident Command System (ICS) 100 (1 hour)
This training is highly recommended for all volunteers and is held at the Stark County Health Department. This one hour presentation reviews the ICS and how volunteers can be placed during an incident. Participants will receive a certificate through FEMA. You may also take this course online through FEMA (see below).

T2B2 (1 hour)
The Stark County Health Department will host these webcasts offered by the University of Albany- School of Public Health. On the 3rd Thursday of each month, the school hosts a one hour training with free CE’s, usually a preparedness or nursing topic. These webcasts will be broadcast at the Stark County Health Department.

MRC Teams

VRC Team – A Volunteer Reception Center team is specifically trained to handle a large number of volunteers during an emergency. The VRC Team will be able to process, register, credential, badge and assign volunteers at a designated facility. Team members can be medical or non-medical.
POD Team – A Points of Dispensing team is specifically trained to staff a mass vaccination clinic with public health staff. Many key positions are needed for a POD, which may operate 24/7. Both medical and non-medical volunteers are needed for a POD. Several PODs may be operating simultaneously during an emergency.
ACS Team – Healthcare partners in Stark County may open an Alternative Care Site during an emergency. A Deployment Team is responsible for setting up and tearing down the ACS. An Operations Team of medical volunteers will be needed to work alongside healthcare facility staff during a disaster.

If you are interested in being trained for any of these teams, please contact Tim Gabrelcik at 330-493-9904, ext.284 or by email at gabrelcikt@starkhealth.org

Free Psychological First Aid (PFA) Training (PDF)

This online training addresses how volunteers can assist and interact with victims during a disaster. This is recommended for all volunteers and it offers free CE’s.

FEMA ICS
NIMS ICS-700
http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS700a.asp

NIMS ICS-100
http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS100A.asp

Hard copies of ICS 700 & 100 trainings can be borrowed by contacting the MRC Coordinator at 330-493-9904, ext. 284 or at gabrelcikt@starkhealth.org.
Volunteers may visit www.mrc.train.org for more recommended trainings.

                               2011 Stark County MRC Trainings

Goal: Train medical and non-medical volunteers on topics that can help with their possible response roles.

May:
May 7th: LEPC exercise with VRC drill
Tuesday, May 24th, 6-9:30 p.m. – Red Cross Disaster Overview @ Red Cross
May 31st, MRC 101 9-11 @ Stark County Health

June:
June 8th MRC 101   3-5 p.m. @SCHD
June 11th, Red Cross Disaster Overview 1-4:30 p.m. @ Red Cross
June 11th, Red Cross Shelter operations and Simulation 9-5 @ Red Cross
June 10th   Lunch –n-Learn MRC update with preparedness Are you Ready? (1 hour)
June 16th – T2B2 – 12:00 -1:00 pm.- Webinar on vaccineology
June 21st - ICS 100 @ SCHD 4 -5 p.m.
June 22nd - Are you Ready? (1 hour) 12-1 p.m.

July:
July 6th - Introduction to the MRC : MRC 101 3:30 -5:30 p.m.
July 21st – T2B2 9-10 a.m.
July 21st- Red Cross Disaster Overview @ Red Cross – 6-9 p.m.
July 27th – ACS Team overview @ Mercy Medical 6-7:30 p.m.
July 30th – Red Cross Shelter Overview and Simulation @ Red cross 9-5

August:
August 18th T2B2   9-10 a.m.
August 18th Are You Ready? (1 hour) 3 classes

September:
SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH!
September 13th 8-10 a.m. MRC: MRC 101 ( 2hours)
September 15th T2B2 9-10 a.m.@ Stark County Health Department
September 15th Are you Ready? 12-1 Lunch n Learn

Please contact Tim Gabrelcik at 330-493-9904, x 284 with questions or to RSVP.

Email at gabrelcikt@starkhealth.org