The Galveston County MRC conducts regularly scheduled training classes such as MRC Orientation, Personal Disaster Preparedness Training, and FEMA IS 100 & 700. There are many additional training opportunities and disaster drills throughout the year. All courses are free to MRC members!

MRC orientation

MRC orientation allows new volunteers to meet each other and provides an overview of the MRC program, member roles and responsibilities, and additional training opportunities available. This is a required training for all new members. You can access the online orientation training here.

Heroes Training

Free, self-paced modules covering various topics on behavioral health, resiliency, anxiety, etc. – a certificate of completion is available for all of these modules as well: http://go.uth.edu/heroestraining

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.usuhs.stb
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stb/id1336173602?mt=8

Stop the Bleed

 Launched in October of 2015 by the White House, Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and a call to action. Stop the Bleed is intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. Galveston County MRC has Stop the Bleed kits available during deployment and at Community Service events. Here are two training videos on our bleeding control kits.

Here is a printer friendly version of instructions on bleeding control.

MRC leadership training

Training entails a one-day program designed to educate selected MRC volunteers disaster team leadership skills. The program is scenario based.

FEMA ICS 100, 200, 700 and 800

These courses cover the basic features of Incident Command and National Incident Management Systems used during emergencies. Visit the FEMA website or click the links below to take these courses online.

• ICS 100
• ICS 200
• ICS 700
• ICS 800

Weapons of mass destruction

This course provides awareness-level training to disaster responders on hazardous materials incidents. You must complete FEMA ICS 700 prior to taking this course. Click here to take this course online.

SNS overview

This course is an introduction to the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), including its origin, its control, and its availability for local responders. Click here to take this course online.

Mass prophylaxis awareness for public health emergencies

This course provides awareness-level training on the roles and responsibilities of the local public health community and its partners. It includes information on state and federal resources and how they are used by local government. Click here to take this course online.

We also offer these training opportunities:  

• Operating a Shelter
• CPR/AED Refresher
• First Aid
• Psychological First Aid
• How and When to Administer Narcan
• Animal Preparedness

MRC record of online training

 Please email certificate or transcript of completed online training to: MRC@gchd.org