Metropolitan Medical Response System
In 1999, the City of Albuquerque began its development and implementation of a Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS). The program was transferred to the Environmental Health Department on September 30, 2003. The City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department's MMRS program is currently funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to coordinate preparedness for emergency medical response in the city. The program is an ongoing effort by the public health and safety community in the City of Albuquerque to plan for serious health and medical catastrophes, to develop systems for coordinating and providing critical care where it is needed, and to purchase medicine and equipment. The primary focus of the MMRS program is to develop and enhance existing emergency preparedness systems to effectively respond to a public health crisis. Through preparation and coordination, local law enforcement, fire, hazmat, EMS, hospital, public health, and other first response personnel plan to more effectively respond. Please contact the City of Albuquerque Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) with any questions and/or comments. You can reach us by phone, fax, or first class mail.
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In 1995 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the first documents that pointed to the concept of a
metropolitan medical strike team (MMST). The MMST, through development and evolution, eventually became the Metropolitan Medical Response System, or MMRS. Consistent with the need to ensure effective and appropriate consequence management for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical related events - which are overwhelmingly medical in nature – the MMRS sought to resolve the present inability of civilian pre-hospital EMS agencies to minimize the effects of such attacks. It was decided that MMRS jurisdictions must plan to mitigate the medical consequences of a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) event by creating a highly trained, readily deployable, fully equipped response system of medical, law enforcement, fire service & other professionals to support local resources. The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) Program is currently located in the United States Department of Homeland Security. Today, the MMRS is one of several grant programs funded by the United States Department of Homeland Security.
