On Saturday October 16th The Region 7 Healthcare Coalition sponsored Volunteer Reception Center training at the University Center in Gaylord. The 8 hour training covered the process by which spontaneous volunteers are vetted for use and can be put to work at a large scale emergency.
When a high profile emergency (like a lost child, widespread damage, etc) happens , the public typically responds to help. These volunteers arrive on the scene; sometimes in large numbers; and they can overwhelm an agency that is not prepared to manage them. Emergency planners should have plans to establish a VRC near the disaster area to manage and utilized these unaffiliated volunteers. If managed affectively unaffiliated volunteers can be a valuable resource during an emergency.
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 Gary Rapelje leaves the Region 7 Healthcare Coalition office today after five years of dedicated service in his role as Regional Coordinator. Gary entered the role of Regional Coordinator with a Masters of Business Administration as a Registered Respiratory Therapist and throughout his 5 years of service he became a Certified Grant Writer and Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator.
For those looking for more State-specific resources, we've compiled a list of 5 state-level resources for emergency preparedness planning and response. This list is not conclusive, but is meant to give partners additional resources to help meet their needs. For more state-level information, we invite you to explore the links on the following pages:
 It pays to be prepared. Thanks to the internet, we have plenty of emergency preparedness resources at our fingertips. A simple Google search of "Emergency Preparedness" will yield pages upon pages of results. In this post, we've narrowed those result to five federal websites that provide emergency preparedness resources for the healthcare sector.
 “No man is an island.” We hear this phrase all the time, especially when it comes to responding large or small events but do people really understand the meaning of the quote and learn how to NOT be an island? Partnerships have always been the foundation of great responses and education is the building block of that foundation.
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