In an emergency, your neighbor may need a hand. How about yours?

Vermont thrives on volunteer efforts—and never is that truer than during emergencies. From trained medical professionals who respond daily to citizen volunteers who step up during natural disasters, Vermonters like you make all the difference in our communities’ health, safety, and preparedness.

Emergency Medical Services

Vermont’s 3,000 certified EMS providers—most of them volunteers—provide critical pre-hospital care to people throughout our state. You can too. Connect with your local squad or sign up for training today.

Medical Reserve Corps

You can help even if you’re not a trained medical professional. Vermonters from all walks of life can join Medical Reserve Corps (MRCs) to lend a hand when a disaster or emergency strikes in your community. Join—or form—a local MRC today.

POD Throughput Exercise – Lamoille Valley MRC

When: April 15, 2019 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Where: Lamoille Union High School , 19 River Rd S, Putney, VT 05346

Join the Lamoille Valley MRC for POD (Point of Distribution) Throughput Exercises. PODs are a mechanism for distributing medicine to those at risk during a public health emergency. Medical Reserve Corps volunteers will be activated[…]

EMS | Shelby’s Story

An Emergency Medical Technician with Essex Rescue, Shelby suggests that anyone interested in joining EMS should contact a local squad and get more information.

Vermont MRC Volunteer, Peg Clement, Attends Disaster Medical Assistance Team Fundamentals Course at Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama June 25-30, 2018

More than 200 MRC volunteers applications from across the country were submitted to HHS for attendance to the Center for Domestic Preparedness Disaster Medical Assistance Team (Fundamentals) training courses in Alabama in of 2018; with only a few selected. I, Peg Clement of Chittenden MRC, feel fortunate to have been nominated for this important training […]