RI Medical Reserve Corps

11/05/2026

🚨 **This Saturday! Last Seats for AHDR – All Hazards Disaster Response** 🚨

When disaster strikes, will you be ready?

NAEMT's All Hazards Disaster Response (AHDR) course prepares you to care for ill and injured patients during mass-casualty incidents, from natural disasters and infrastructure failures to fires, radiological events, pandemics and active shooter incidents.

In one 8-hour, in-person day, you'll train on:
✅ Incident Command System (ICS)
✅ Triage, patient tracking and transport
✅ Mass-casualty incident management
✅ Active shooter and HAZMAT response
✅ PPE and infectious disease protocols
✅ Responder safety and wellness

The 2nd edition includes hands-on disaster simulations, so you're applying your skills, not just reading about them.

🎓 **CAPCE-accredited CEUs**, accepted for NREMT recertification
📜 Certification valid for 4 years
💲 $150

Open to all levels of EMS practitioners and other medical professionals providing prehospital care.

📅 **Saturday, November 7, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM**
📍 **TILI NEXT, 480 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick, RI**

👉 Reserve your seat before they're gone: https://a.ritili.org/w/courses/1017-ahdr-all-hazards-disaster-response/1212

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11/02/2026

Preparing for the unexpected starts long before the call comes.

We’re proud to see the Rhode Island Medical Reserve Corps featured in Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)!

From emergency medical care and behavioral health support to community training and the logistics that keep our teams ready, this article highlights the people and preparation behind our mission.

Our strength is our volunteers—medical professionals, behavioral health clinicians, logistics specialists, and people from all backgrounds who bring their skills and dedication to serving others.

To our members, staff, and partners: thank you. Your commitment makes this work possible.

Together, we save lives, improve outcomes, and build resilience in people and communities.

Read and share the article
https://www.jems.com/ems-operations/ri-medical-reserve-corps-prepares-for-the-unexpected/



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RI Junior Medical Reserve Corps
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Training, Innovation, Leadership Institute - RI MRC
RI Dept. of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals
HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
Rhode Island Department of Health
Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency

Senator Jack Reed
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Congressman Gabe Amo
Seth Magaziner
Representative Seth Magaziner

Rhode Island Medical Reserve Corps volunteers provide emergency care, behavioral health support, and disaster response across the Ocean State.

10/26/2026

www.ritili.link/ruralemt27
Rhode Island's rural communities need trained EMS responders. We need you.

Through our SAMHSA-funded Rural EMS Training Program, we are offering 24 fully funded EMT seats to qualified individuals who are or will be affiliated with agencies serving rural Rhode Island or RI Medical Reserve Corps (RI MRC) members — tuition covered, textbooks included.

If you are ready to build your skills, strengthen your community, and step into one of the most meaningful roles in public safety — this is your opportunity.

Space is limited. Applications are reviewed for eligibility and selection.
Learn more and apply: https://ritili.link/ruralemt27

10/21/2026

Rhode Island's rural communities need trained EMT responders. We need you.

Through our SAMHSA-funded Rural EMS Training Program, we are offering 24 fully funded EMT seats to qualified individuals who are or will be affiliated with agencies serving rural Rhode Island or RI Medical Reserve Corps (RI MRC) members — tuition covered, textbooks included.

If you are ready to build your skills, strengthen your community, and step into one of the most meaningful roles in public safety — this is your opportunity.

Space is limited. Applications are reviewed for eligibility and selection.

Learn more and apply: https://ritili.link/ruralemt27


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10/01/2026

Introducing the Center for Strategic Safety & Prevention (CSSP) at TILI.

Save lives. Improve outcomes. Build resilience in communities and people.

For years, the Rhode Island Medical Reserve Corps (RI MRC) has answered that mission in the aftermath of tragedy, supporting communities, first responders, and families when the worst has already happened. That response work continues. But the same mission calls for more: the most lives are saved and the best outcomes are reached when harm is prevented in the first place.

The Center for Strategic Safety & Prevention at the Training, Innovation & Leadership Institute (TILI) carries that mission upstream, focused on stopping harm before it becomes a crisis.

CSSP brings together:
• Prevention education grounded in proven practice
• Resilience-building for individuals, teams, and organizations
• Digital safety for an increasingly connected world
• Strategic partnerships that strengthen whole communities

Led by Director Bruce Quinn, CSSP is available to schools, workplaces, first responders, and community groups across Rhode Island working to get ahead of risk and build safer, stronger communities.

Learn more: www.ritili.link/cssp



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Training, Innovation, Leadership Institute - RI MRC

RI Dept. of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals
Rhode Island Department of Health
Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
RI Junior Medical Reserve Corps
RI Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps

Prevent harm before crisis with CSSP’s proven prevention education, resilience-building, digital safety, and strategic partnerships. Explore innovative community safety solutions.

09/18/2026

09/10/2026

Stronger emergency care is coming to rural Rhode Island. 🚑

The Rhode Island Medical Reserve Corps, the RI Behavioral Health Medical Reserve Corps, and the Training, Innovation, Leadership Institute - RI MRC have been awarded a two-year, $600,000 Rural Emergency Medical Services Training grant from SAMHSA.

Rural EMS works in a different environment than the rest of the state: volunteer and small combination crews, long transports, seasonal populations, and training that is usually far from the station. Over the next two years, this program will help change that for all 18 of Rhode Island's rural communities:

• Up to 72 New EMTS. Three fully funded, simulation-based EMT-Basic courses for candidates from the towns they will serve.

• Help for departments to start a buprenorphine program. Rhode Island now allows EMS to begin buprenorphine treatment in the rescue/ambulance. We will handle the approval process with your medical director, train your personnel, and supply the medication.

• A mobile rescue/ambulance simulation lab. A fully equipped training vehicle that will visit every rural community for high-quality simulation sessions in on-site cardiac arrest, trauma, overdose, and behavioral-health crisis training.

Up to 444 rural EMS personnel trained. No cost to the towns, agencies, or their personnel.

Thank you to the partners who stood with us on this application.

Learn more: [email protected]



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Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
Rhode Island Department of Health
RI Dept. of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals
Representative Seth Magaziner
Congressman Gabe Amo
Senator Jack Reed
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

09/04/2026

Rhode Island Medical Reserve Corps members participated in a Traumagel by Cresilon training hosted by Training, Innovation, Leadership Institute - RI MRC, gaining hands-on experience with this cutting-edge hemorrhage-control product.

The training gave members an opportunity to learn about the technology, see it demonstrated, and explore its use in emergency, tactical, and prehospital care.

Continuing to expose our members to emerging lifesaving technologies strengthens our capabilities and helps us remain ready to respond when every second matters.

08/30/2026

❤️ Celebrating the people behind the mission!

Our RI Medical Reserve Corps Teams Volunteer Appreciation Picnic is about saying thank you to the extraordinary people who give their time, skills, and heart to serving Rhode Island.

From providing patient care and behavioral health support to coordinating logistics, delivering training, and keeping operations running, every volunteer makes a difference. Your dedication helps us save lives, improve outcomes, and build resilience in people and communities.

This picnic is a chance to enjoy time together, strengthen friendships, and celebrate everything our volunteers make possible.

To our volunteers—THANK YOU! You are the heart of the Teams. 💙

Thank you to Pachaug Cottages on Pachaug Pond for donating there beautiful facility for our event. Check them out for all your special event needs.



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06/01/2026

Hurricane season is officially here. Take a few minutes to check your emergency supplies, review your family’s safety plan, and stay informed throughout the season. Preparation now can make all the difference later. Safety Starts Now!