Welcome to the City of Orlando Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)

Providing volunteers for the City of Orlando and its surrounding areas including Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Brevard and Volusia Counties.

What is the City of Orlando MRC?

An community based organized group of volunteers (medical and non-medical) intended to supplement existing community medical and emergency response systems

What is the mission of the MRC?

To establish teams of local volunteer medical and public health professionals who can contribute their skills and expertise throughout the year as well as during times of community need.

What do MRC Volunteers Do?

• Emergency response planning
• Assistance with ongoing public health activities or events
• Help with staffing shortages during public health emergencies
• Provide surge capacity staffing during disasters
• Assist with immunization programs
• Help during blood drives
• Case management and care planning

Who can volunteer for the Medical Reserve Corps?

• A licensed active, inactive or retired health care professional in good standing (i.e. physicians, nurses, pharmacists, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, dentists, veterinarians, epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists) 
• A student of a health profession
• Those without a medical background including volunteer interpreters, chaplains, amateur radio operators, logistics experts, legal advisors, students and others fill key support positions.

What type of commitment does the MRC require?

Volunteers are at liberty to choose their level of commitment.  Some will chose to be involved in only an emergency capacity while others will chose only public health initiatives.  A short orientation is the only required training

What are the benefits of volunteering?

• Opportunity to serve the community and it’s citizens during times of need
• Opportunity to be among the first group (including family members) who receive vaccinations or antibiotics during a bioterrorism event or disease outbreak
• Free continuing education opportunities

Do I need to be insured to volunteer with the MRC?

No, MRC volunteers are protected by sovereign immunity.