Bay Area Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT)

The Bay Area Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT, CA-6) is recruiting new members.

The Bay Area Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT, CA-6) a fully deployable, all-volunteer medical response team, is recruiting new members. The team has been deployed all over the United States, including New York City after the September 11 attack, Salt Lake City during the Winter Olympics and here in San Francisco for the 2002 World Series. With 120 volunteers including doctors, nurses, physicians assistants, nurse practitioners, paramedics, EMTs, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, mental health professionals and others - DMAT is looking for more volunteers, especially MDs, PAs and NPs. Volunteers must commit seven to eight days a year, attend meetings three times a year in San Francisco, and be willing to be deployed. All federal deployments are USERRA (Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act) covered, which avoids work-release problems for DMAT members.

For more information or to volunteer, visit the DMAT, CA-6 website or contact Barbara Center (bcenter@hsd.co.contra-costa.ca.us), 925-646-4690.

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