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The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) is a grant program under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The MMRS directs communities to focus a strong medical response in the event of a terrorist attack or mass casualty incident. The Sedgwick County Health Department is the oversight agency for the MMRS program.
MMRS is an operational system at the local level to respond to a terrorist incident and other public health emergencies that create mass casualties or casualties requiring unique care capabilities
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This system enables a Metropolitan Area to manage the event until State or Federal response resources are mobilized
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MMRS is a locally developed, owned, and operated mass casualty response system
News and Information
MMRS assists in the creation of Point of Dispensing Training Videos
The South Central Kansas MMRS, in conjunction with various organizations, have assisted in the creation of position-specific just-in-time training videos.
South Central Kansas Regional Phonebook Project
The Metropolitan Medical Response System has completed the first edition of the South Central Kansas Incident Response Phonebook. The phonebook contains contact information from a variety of agencies representing the 19 county region in the following areas:
- Animal Control
- Behavioral Health
- CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
- Emergency Management
- EMS
- Fire Departments
- GIS (Geographic Information Services)
- Health Departments
- Hospitals
- Law Enforcement
- Local Government
- MRC (Medical Reserve Corps)
- Public Safety
- Public Works
- Unified School Districts
- Volunteer Organizations
- State and Federal Information
The phonebook will be used as a resource during an incident in which additional assistance is needed. If you are listed in the phonebook but need to update your information for future use, please complete the Regional Phonebook Information Request Form, noting what needs to be changed. In addition, if your agency was not included and you would like to be in future editions, please complete a request form as well.
Sedgwick County Attends IEMC Training
Sedgwick County MMRS was selected to participate in the Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) from more than 100 applications. IEMC is designed to exercise the individual and organizational skills required in responding to and recovering from a mass casualty terrorism-related disaster. Sedgwick County Officials attended this four and a half day exercise located at FEMA's Noble Training Center in Anniston, AL in April.
National Public Health Information Coalition Features Sedgwick County MMRS
Sedgwick County MMRS is featured in the March 2005 National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC) newsletter for the work on the recent "Coliseum Choas" media workshop and tabletop exercise. Sedgwick County MMRS is featured on page five on the newsletter.
Sedgwick County MMRS Featured in KDHE Newsletter
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recently featured Sedgwick County MMRS in their monthly newsletter. The article focuses on the media training and tabletop exercise Sedgwick County MMRS conducted on February 3. To read the complete article, click here.
Neighborhood Distribution Center Interactive
Locator Map
Sedgwick County provides an easy way for residents to locate their local Neighborhood Distribution Center. Through the use of GIS technology, residents can now enter their address and a popup window will display the center designated for their address along with a map to the location.
Mission
To assure high levels of community preparedness to a
weapons of mass destruction event. The focus of
the contract is improved "medical" response systems.
The intent is decreased morbidity and mortality and
increase survivability of residents, communities, and
the environment. Additionally, the resulting
systems and processes will be of benefit for natural
occurring disasters and public health emergencies.
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