Author: Mark Miraglia

President’s Message Winter 2025

Season’s Greetings. I hope everyone has had an enjoyable holiday. Now it’s back to the grind of our workaday world. Your board has been working on several projects over the last few months. We are looking into the feasibility of creating regional FEMA response teams. These teams would be made up of members from various

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President’s Message Fall 2025

Greetings fellow MRA Members,  I hope all of you had a safe and enjoyable summer. As we head into the fall, the board has a few avenues that it is exploring.  With the deployment of FEMA teams to recent disasters, the question has arisen as to whether the MRA might be able to create a

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President’s Message Summer 2025

Fellow MRA Members, I want to thank the Marin County SAR members who made the Spring SAR Exercise such a successful event. It was a lovely venue with many different tracks of interest to all. I would have liked to clone myself to attend all the field and class sessions – which is why it

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President’s Message Spring 2025

Greetings, I hope all of you were able to enjoy the winter season. We’ve had a very different winter in Alaska this year as our climate is definitely changing. At the winter business meeting we asked for suggestions on how the membership could become more engaged with the MRA. There were more than a dozen

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President’s Message Winter 2024

I hope everyone has had an enjoyable holiday season. As we begin this new year, the MRA membership will have an opportunity to determine how they can be more engaged in the business of the organization. Previously, each member team had one vote on matters before the board. The Officers Committee dealt with any matters

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President’s Message – Fall 2024

First, I want to thank all of you for giving me the opportunity to serve as your President. I will strive to live up to the standards set by our previous leaders. Second, I want to thank Alison for her service during the past two years and her guidance in preparing me for the role.

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