Joining a DMAT team is a lengthy process involving a background investigation by the federal government.

Items 1 - 6 are required by the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) for all team members.
Item 7 is a credit card request, team member to carry a government issued card for travel and other expenses when deploying.
Items 8 and 9 are used to validate medical personnel and are not required for logistics, admin or other non-medical positions.
Item 10 refers to Incident Command System training, completion of these 4 courses is required to deploy on training exercises and will be
a requirement to deploy for team missions starting Jan 1, 2009.

Feel free to our admin officer, Zona Wahrenbock, if you have questions about the process.

You can mail the completed forms to our office, 8580 Spectrum Ln, San Diego CA 92121, or contact the admin officer at the email link above for other options. Note that our office is not open on a regular schedule, don't make a special trip to drop off the app without an appointment.