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The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) is a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Grant Program that provides funding to the 124 largest jurisdictions to support the integration of emergency management, health, and medical systems into a coordinated response to mass casualty incidents caused by any hazard. The MMRS program reduces the consequences of a mass casualty incident during the initial period of a response by having augmented existing local operational response systems before the incident occurs. It is the only federal grant program that supports multidisciplinary mass casualty response planning at the local/regional level.
The Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Response System (HRMMRS) was developed under the direction of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) in 1999. It includes the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg and the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Southampton, Surry and York. It covers an area of 2900 square miles and a population of 1,640,000. The HRPDC contracts with the Tidewater EMS Council to manage the activities of the HRMMRS.
The HRMMRS supports and enhances Hampton Roads public safety, hospital, public health, and emergency management response capabilities to manage mass casualty incidents. Over 250 individuals from almost 90 local and state agencies and organizations are involved in planning, training and exercises. |
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The 2010 course schedule for ICS-300, ICS-400 and Mass Casualty Incident Management - Module 1 courses has been posted on the Training Calendar. These courses are open to all members of the First Responder - First Receiver Communities unless otherwise noted.
The First Responder - First Receiver...Read more... The Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Response System (HRMMRS) supports, equips, and trains a 47-member strike team to respond to mass casualty incidents as the result of a natural or man-made disaster. The Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Strike Team (HRMMST) is comprised of 239 firefighters, pa...Read more...  The HRMMRS & TEMS are pleased to announce that ICS-300 and ICS-400 Courses have returned! ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents and the ICS-400: Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff - Complex Incident courses have returned to TEMS. For more information please contact the Ms. St...Read more... The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HRPDC) is pleased to announce that it is funding eight (8) Mass Casualty Evacuation and Transport Units (MCETU) using funds from federal Metropolitan Medical Response System grants. The platform for the MCETU is a school bus, which is donated by the re...Read more...  Finding mass casualty incident and special operations resources just got easier with the release of the 2009 Hampton Roads Mass Casualty Incident Response Guide!
The April 2009 edition features numerous additions to the Mass Casualty Incident Resources Annex. The 2009 Hampton Roads Mass Casualty...Read more... |
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Hampton Roads Metropolitan Medical Response System 6353 Center Drive Suite 101
Norfolk, VA 23502
Tel: (757) 963-0632; Fax: (757) 963-2325
hrmmrs@vaems.org
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