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Greater Fall River Medical Reserve Corps Unit Profile
Community/Jurisdiction Served:
Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport, MA
Sponsoring Organization:
Fall River Department of Health and Human Services
Date Established:
9/24/2006
Unit Information:
Alvin L. McMahon, Coordinator
Greater Fall River MRC
Town Nurse Office
115 Wood St
Somerset, MA 02726
Phone: 401-864-1597
email: ALMBlueSky@aol.com
Profile:
The Greater Fall River Medical Reserve Corps (GFRMRC) will organize professionals and laypeople in the communities of
Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport Massachusetts.
The mission of GFRMRC is to identify and prepare individuals
who want to volunteer their time to respond in the event of
a medical emergency in the community.
The GFRMRC will recruit volunteers from the following sectors
the Boards of Health, public safety agencies,
hospitals and medical community, behavioral health
and other human service organizations, neighborhood organizations, faith-based groups, and the public at large.
The GFRMRC was founded at an initial organizing meeting
of many of the above organizations on 8/17/2006.
However, these same organizations have collaborated
on other forms of emergency planning for the past several years, including regional emergency preparedness coalitions and local "All-Hazard" Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans.
Volunteer Count:
Physicians 2
Physician Assistants 0
Nurse Practitioners 3
Nurses 127
Pharmacists 2
Dentists 0
Veterinarians 0
Mental Health Professionals 7
EMS Professionals 4
Respiratory Therapists 0
Other Public Health/Medical 22
Non-Public Health/Medical 63
Total 230
Recent Activities:
7/31/2008
CPR /AED
7/16/2008
Bristol County MRC Resource and Information Day
5/15/2008
Hot Topics in Public Health MRSA;Pandemic Flu;
Vector Borne Illness; Healthcare associated infections
4/22/2008
Swansea MRC Chapter monthly meeting
to discuss recruitment and the upcoming deployment in June.
4/17/2008
Behavioral Health Disaster Response Training
UMASS Dartmouth Campus. Several GFRMRC
volunteers and staff attended.
This training provided psychological first aid for volunteers
and is a targeted training to assist every MRC volunteer
to provide assistance to victims and to take care of themselves during times of emergency.
This training meets
the core competency of psych first aid.
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