Updates on Massachusetts MRCs

Information about MA Units
 

There are currently 45 MRC units in Massachusetts. These units apply the mission of the national MRC program to address the specific needs of the region they support.

One of the first units in the U.S. was formed on Cape Cod in 2003. The largest MA unit is in Boston, which includes a large number of nursing and pharmacy students. Each MRC unit in the Bay State is learning from the others - as well as from the national network of MRCs - as it continues to grow and enhance its skills. The latest information about MA units is available from the statewide web site:

http://www.mamedicalreservecorps.org/

Information about all MRCs across the U.S., including MA, can be found on the "Find a Unit" button on the home page of the national MRC site:

www.medicalreservecorps.gov

This option provides access to additional information, including the latest 'profile' and other details posted for each unit, such as our UMV MRC:

https://medicalreservecorps.gov/MrcUnits/UnitDetails/100

 
Contacts:
 

Upper Merrimack Valley MRC (local unit)
55 Main Street
Westford, MA 01886
Director: Sandra Collins, RN
Phone: (978) 399-2908
Fax: 978-399-2565
scollins@westfordma.gov
Coordinator: Nancy Burns, EMT
Phone: 978-399-2549
Fax: 978-399-2565
E-mail: nburns@westfordma.gov
Web site: www.UMVMRC.org

MA Responds (state registry)
https://www.maresponds.org/
This site allows medical professionals from across the state to sign up as volunteers who are willing to be contacted in case of a disaster. Those who register are invited to sign up for an MRC unit in their area through which they would be willing to serve. They also have the option to remain 'unaffiliated' or to align specifically for behavioral health service. (MA Responds is our state's version of the national 'ESAR-VHP' program: Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals.) Interested volunteers can also sign up for individual MRCs without enrolling in MA Responds.

Upper Merrimack Valley Medical Reserve Corps, 55 Main Street, Westford, MA 01886