Membership

• How to Register with Maryland Responds
• Occupations Listed in Maryland Responds Registry
• Road to Readiness
• Liability and Confidentiality Form
• Volunteer FAQ
• Strategic Action Plan 2015 - 2017
• Maryland Responds Recruitment Flier
• About the Maryland Responds Medical Reserve Corps Flier
• Local Unit Contacts
• State MRC Program
• Advisory Council
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MDResponds
• Twitter @MarylandOPR https://twitter.com/marylandopr

Deployment

• Maryland Responds Deployment Field Guide
• Responder Resource Guide (Handbook)
• Maryland Responds Injury Reporting Packet
  
• Deployment Packing List: 1-Day
• Deployment Packing List: 2-3 Days
• Deployment Packing List: 3-7 Days

Preparedness

• Emergency Supply Kit Checklist (OP&R) - List of items to consider for a basic family emergency supply kit. 
• Family Communication Plan for Kids (FEMA)
• Family Communication Plan for Parents (FEMA)
• Prepare for Emergencies Now: Information for Pet Owners (FEMA) - Make provisions for your pets and their care prior to an emergency situation.
• Prepare For Emergencies Now: Information For Older Americans (FEMA) -  While each person’s abilities and needs are unique, every individual can take steps to prepare for all kinds of emergencies from fires and floods to potential terrorist attacks. By evaluating your own personal needs and making an emergency plan that fits those needs, you and your loved ones can be better prepared. This guide outlines commonsense measures older Americans can take to start preparing for emergencies before they happen. Preparing makes sense for older Americans.
• Commuter Emergency Plan (FEMA) - Make sure you have a plan for traveling between home, work and other commonly visited locations, in case of an emergency.
• Public Health Emergency Situational Awareness (ASPR) - Information on products, services, and capabilities that provide situational awareness information and tools for public health and medical areas of interest before, during and after disasters and emergency events. This includes the situational awareness of the health care system and facility infrastructure.
• Building Community Resilience for Children and Families (NCTSN) - This guidebook by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides information about building community resilience and helping communities improve their capacity to respond effectively to natural or man-made disasters or acts of terrorism.  
• Do 1 Thing - Do 1 Thing is a non-profit organization that wants to help build stronger communities. The mission of Do 1 Thing is to move individuals, families, businesses and communities to prepare for all hazards and become disaster resilient.

Mobile Apps

According to a recent survey by Pew Research, 40 percent of Americans have used their smartphone to look up government services or information. Additionally, a majority of smartphone owners use their devices to keep up to date with breaking news, and to be informed about what is happening in their community.

• 'Maryland Prepares’ Mobile App - The MARYLAND Prepares mobile app, created by the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, provides important information and tools to help Maryland residents be more informed and prepared for emergency situations. The free app is available for iPhone® and Android™ devices.
• SAMHSA Disaster App - Access critical, disaster-related behavioral health resources right from your phone with the SAMHSA Disaster App.
• FEMA App: Weather the Storm - Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) free app enables users to receive weather alerts from the National Weather Service for up to five locations across the nation. This new feature allows users to receive alerts on severe weather happening anywhere they select in the country, even if the phone is not located in the area, making it easy to follow severe weather that may be threatening family and friends. The latest version of the FEMA app is available for free in the App Store for Apple devices and Google Play for Android devices.

Response

• Active Shooter Resources - The Department of Homeland Security reference materials on how to respond to an active shooter scenario:
  • Active Shooter Pocket Card: http://bit.ly/2anxEcU
  • Active Shooter Event Quick Reference Card: http://bit.ly/2aQ6dcO
  • Active Shooter How to Respond Booklet:  https://www.dhs.gov/publication/active-shooter-how-to-respond  
  • Active Shooter Independent Study Online Training: http://bit.ly/1Rp8UBv. Click on “Interactive Web Based Course” on the right side of the page.
• A Guide to Managing Stress in Crisis Response Professions (SAMHSA) - This SAMHSA pocket guide provides first responders with information on signs and symptoms of stress and offers simple, practical techniques for minimizing stress responses prior to and during disaster response. 
• Self-care for Disaster Behavioral Health Responders (SAMHSA) - In this 60-minute SAMHSA DTAC podcast, disaster behavioral health responders can learn about best practices and tools that could enable them and their supervisors to identify and effectively manage stress and secondary traumatic stress.
• Tips for Disaster Responders: Preventing and Managing Stress-English(SAMHSA) -This SAMHSA tip sheet helps disaster response workers prevent and manage stress. It includes strategies to help responders prepare for their assignment, use stress-reducing precautions during the assignment, and manage stress in the recovery phase of the assignment. (Click Here for Spanish Version)
• Stress Management for Emergency Responders: What Responders Can Do (CDC) - This CDC audio podcast is part of a series that examines sources of stress and what individuals, team leaders, and agency management can do to manage the stress. Tips for reducing stress and lessening its negative impacts are also provided by CDC.
• Traumatic Incident Stress: Information for Emergency Response Workers (CDC) - This CDC fact sheet outlines symptoms of traumatic incident stress and lists activities emergency response workers can do on site and at home to cope with disaster response.  
• Surviving Field Stress for First Responders (CDC) - CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry online course is designed to help all types of first responders be prepared for “21st century…disaster events.”  
• Tips for Survivors of a Disaster or Other Traumatic Event: Managing Stress (SAMHSA) – This SAMHSA tip sheet gives stress prevention and management tips for dealing with the effects of trauma, mass violence, or terrorism. Lists tips to relieve stress, describes how to know when to seek professional help, and provides accompanying resources. 
• How to Cope with Sheltering in Place (SAMHSA) – This SAMHSA tip sheet explains reactions people often feel when sheltering in place, suggests ways to care for oneself and the family such as making a plan to stay connected, and provides additional helpful resources. 
• Community Violence: Reactions and Actions in Dangerous Times (NCTSN) – This resource by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides information on community violence, how it can affect daily lives, and what to do for support. 
• Psychological First Aid: How You Can Support Well-being in Disaster Victims (CSTS) - This fact sheet by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) explains how disaster response workers can use psychological first aid to help people in distress after a disaster.  
• Guidelines for Working with First Responders in the Aftermath of Disaster (AGPA) - This online tip sheet lists common characteristics of disaster responders, suggests interventions for working with disaster responders, and provides additional resources useful for working with this population.
• Tips for Survivors: Coping with Grief after Community Violence (SAMHSA) – This SAMHSA tip sheet introduces some of the signs of grief and anger after an incident of community violence, provides useful information about to how to cope with grief. And offers tips for helping children deal with grief.

Severe Weather

• Facts About Cold-Related Illness
• Storm Injury Prevention​

Public Health

• Public Health Online
• A Guide to Public Health Careers
• Publichealth.org

Resource Quick Links:

• Training Resources
• Unit Administrator Resources

Updated December 26, 2017​