The personnel are activated for a period of two weeks.
Massachusetts-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team is a cadre of professional and para-professional medical personnel designed to provide medical care during a disaster or other event. DMATs are designed to be a rapid-response element to supplement local medical care until other Federal or contract resources can be mobilized, or the situation is resolved. DMATs deploy to disaster sites with sufficie
12/22/2017
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Help support our fellow DMAT member- Debbie
Help Deb Our MA-1 DMAT colleague Debbie (Doherty) Turco is a wife, mother of 4 school aged children, daughter, sister, friend, and overall superstar who has been stricken with stage 4 metastatic stomach cancer. She has been out of work for over 2 years because of her illness, recent surgery and hospitalizati...
09/28/2017
Proud to have been a part of this important mission
MA-1 is engaged in the Florida Keys providing medical care to the people of Monroe County. All deployed team members are safe and healthy. There is no cell coverage in the area so please share with friends and family to know that all are well.
Members of MA-1 are deployed with many Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response assets to support the state of Florida in response to Hurricane Irma. All team members are well and safely sheltered for the night.
05/29/2015
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07/24/2014
MA-1 On Call July 2014 MA-1 is on call for the month of June. In the remainder of 2014 MA-1 is on call June, September, and December. As a reminder, your availability during an on call month must stretch at least two weeks into the…
04/30/2013
Take advantage of watch-on-demand to see the forum held at HSPH last week, featuring Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response's Don Boyce and MA-1's Dr. Paul Biddinger.
http://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/boston-marathon-bombings
The Boston Marathon Bombings Following the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon and a dramatic search for the suspects, the city's emergency preparedness and response systems have been credited with saving lives.
04/18/2013
EMS and hospitals did amazing work on Monday, including many members of MA-1 and IMSuRT-East. Read a short bit about how preparedness and skilled, dedicated individuals prevented further loss of life.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/04/why-bostons-hospitals-were-ready.html?mobify=0
Why Boston's Hospitals Were Ready Explosives used in terror attacks have tended to be three times deadlier than those used in war. Nonetheless, in Boston, they survived.
MA-1 members who were volunteering at the Boston Marathon are all safe and accounted for. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, survivors, and their families.