Medicine:Blood Emergency Readiness Corps

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Short description: US community blood center organization

The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (known as "BERC" or the "BERC Program") consists of 38 U.S.-based community blood centers that work together to provide an emergency reserve of blood products to respond to a mass shooting or mass casualty event. The program is administered by the Alliance for Community Transfusion Services (ACTS). To date, the BERC reserve has responded to supply blood products needed as a result of the Collierville Kroger shooting (Collierville, TN), the 2021 Oxford High School shooting (Oxford Township, MI), the Tornado outbreak in the Mississippi Valley of December 10–11, 2021, the Robb Elementary School Shooting (Uvalde, TX) on May 14, 2022, the tornado outbreak sequence primarily impacting Perrytown, TX in the Texas Panhandle on June 15, 2023, the tornado outbreak in North Texas on May 26, 2024, the ransomware attack impacting the blood supply in the southeast U.S. on July 30, 2024, the flooding in southwest Florida as a result of Hurricane Debby on August 5, 2024, the blood needs as a result of Hurricane Milton making landfall in southwest Florida on October 9, 2024, the New Orleans Truck Attack of January 1, 2025, the New York Blood Center Enterprises Cybersecurity Incident of January 26, 2025, the Tour Bus Crash in Western New York on August 22, 2025, and the Austin Bar Shooting on March 1, 2026.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

The following blood centers are participants in the program:

  • Blood Assurance (Chattanooga, Tennessee)[17]
  • Bloodworks Northwest (Seattle, Washington)[18]
  • Blood Bank of Hawaii (Honolulu, Hawaii)[19]
  • Carter BloodCare (Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas)[20]
  • Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank (Hershey, Pennsylvania)[21]
  • Coastal Bend Blood Center (Corpus Christi, Texas)[22]
  • Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (Springfield, Missouri)[23]
  • ConnectLife (Buffalo, New York)[24]
  • Gulf Coast Blood (Houston, Texas)[25]
  • Houchin Community Blood Bank (Bakersfield, California)[26]
  • Hoxworth Blood Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • ImpactLife (Davenport, Iowa)[27]
  • Inova Blood Donor Services (Sterling, Virginia)[28]
  • LIFELINE Blood Services (Jackson, Tennessee)[29]
  • LifeServe Blood Center (Des Moines, Iowa)[30]
  • LifeSouth Community Blood Centers (Gainesville, Florida)[31]
  • LifeStream Blood Bank (San Bernardino, California)[32]
  • Marsh Regional Blood Center (Bristol, Tennessee)
  • MEDIC Regional Blood Center (Knoxville, Tennessee)[33]
  • Miller-Keystone Blood Center (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)[34]
  • Mississippi Blood Services (Jackson, Mississippi)[35]
  • Northern California Community Blood Bank (Eureka, California)[36]
  • Our Blood Institute (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)[37]
  • OneBlood, Inc.(Orlando, Florida)
  • Rock River Valley Regional Blood Center (Rockford, Illinois)[38]
  • San Diego Blood Bank (San Diego, California)
  • South Texas Blood & Tissue (San Antonio, Texas)[39]
  • South Bend Medical Foundation (South Bend, Indiana)
  • Stanford Blood Center (Palo Alto, California)[40]
  • SunCoast Blood Centers (Sarasota, Florida)[41]
  • The Blood Center (New Orleans, Louisiana)[42]
  • The Blood Connection (Greenville, South Carolina)[43]
  • The Community Blood Center (Appleton, Wisconsin)[44]
  • Versiti (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
  • Versiti Ohio (Dayton, Ohio)
  • Vitalant (Scottsdale, Arizona)[45]
  • We Are Blood (Austin, Texas)[46]
  • Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center (Owensboro, Kentucky)[47]

References

  1. ↑ Connection, The Blood (2021-12-11). "Midwest tornadoes activate nation's emergency blood reserve". GlobeNewswire News Room (Press release) (in français). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Michigan shooting activates nationwide emergency blood reserve". 2 December 2021. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/supply-chain/michigan-shooting-activates-nationwide-emergency-blood-reserve.html. 
  3. ↑ "Collierville shooting activated emergency blood supply" (in en-US). September 24, 2021. https://www.localmemphis.com/article/life/collierville-shooting-activated-emergency-blood-supply-blood-emergency-readiness-corps/522-c7b65515-9c95-4dba-88ff-c98589d6fba4. 
  4. ↑ Corps, Blood Emergency Readiness (March 2022). "Majority of U.S. blood centers now part of nation's first emergency blood reserve" (in en). https://www.wfmz.com/news/pr_newswire/pr_newswire_stocks/majority-of-u-s-blood-centers-now-part-of-nations-first-emergency-blood-reserve/article_1989d9fe-b067-554c-bde7-6389e2d37e9a.html. 
  5. ↑ Roberts, Emily (2024-08-05). "Community Blood Center helps hacked blood bank in the South" (in en). https://www.wbay.com/2024/08/05/community-blood-center-helps-hacked-blood-banks-south/. 
  6. ↑ "Blood Emergency Readiness Corps Activated in Response to Hurricane Debby - ImpactLife" (in en). https://www.bloodcenter.org/about/news/news-releases/blood-emergency-readiness-corps-activated/. 
  7. ↑ Staff, BakersfieldNow (2024-08-05). "Houchin Blood Bank urges residents to donate blood, Type O most-needed for Hurricane Debby" (in en). https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/houchin-blood-bank-urges-residents-to-donate-blood-specifically-type-o. 
  8. ↑ Staff Reports (2024-10-11). "Donors needed for Hurricane Milton relief effort" (in en-US). https://miamivalleytoday.com/donors-needed-for-hurricane-milton-relief-effort/. 
  9. ↑ "BERC Activation for Hurricane Milton - ImpactLife" (in en). https://www.bloodcenter.org/about/news/news-releases/berc-activation-for-hurricane-milton/. 
  10. ↑ WQAD News 8 (2025-01-02). New Orleans blood center activates national emergency corp to treat victims on Bourbon Street. Retrieved 2025-01-05 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "Houchin Community Blood Bank sends blood to New Orleans after terrorist attack; needs help increasing supply" (in en-US). 2025-01-04. https://www.yahoo.com/news/houchin-community-blood-bank-sends-012252824.html. 
  12. ↑ Kate, Bird (2025-02-03). "New York Blood Center Enterprises Cybersecurity Incident Update" (in en-US). https://www.nybce.org/news/articles/cyber/. 
  13. ↑ Cuevas, Jeanine Santucci, Emily Barnes and Eduardo. "Five killed, dozens injured after tour bus crashes in upstate NY. Here's what we know" (in en-US). https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/23/new-york-bus-crash-updates/85795364007/. 
  14. ↑ Staff, KCRG (2025-08-22). "Eastern Iowa blood provider shipping supplies in response to deadly New York bus crash" (in en). https://www.kcrg.com/2025/08/22/eastern-iowa-blood-provider-shipping-supplies-response-deadly-new-york-bus-crash/. 
  15. ↑ Castillo, Natali (2026-03-01). "South Texas Blood & Tissue sends blood units to Austin after 6th Street mass shooting" (in en). https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/south-texas-blood-tissue-sends-blood-units-to-austin-after-6th-street-mass-shooting. 
  16. ↑ "Blood Emergency Readiness Corps activation for mass shooting in Austin, Texas - ImpactLife" (in en). https://www.bloodcenter.org/about/news/news-releases/blood-emergency-readiness-corps-activation-for-mass-shooting-in-austin-texas/. 
  17. ↑ Christen, Mike. "Blood Assurance joins emergency readiness network" (in en-US). https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/story/news/state/2022/02/13/blood-assurance-joins-emergency-readiness-network/6709741001/. 
  18. ↑ "Blood Emergency Readiness Corps grows to 30 blood centers serving 37 states | Blood Centers of America". http://bca.coop/2022/03/07/blood-emergency-readiness-corps-grows-to-30-blood-centers-serving-37-states/. 
  19. ↑ name, Your name or company. "Blood Bank of Hawaii Joins First-in-the-Nation Blood Emergency Readiness Corps, to Assist in Blood Transfusion Access – Blood Bank of Hawaii" (in en-US). https://www.bbh.org/blood-bank-of-hawaii-joins-first-in-the-nation-blood-emergency-readiness-corps-to-assist-in-blood-transfusion-access/. 
  20. ↑ "Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC)" (in en-US). 2021-09-13. https://www.carterbloodcare.org/blog/2021/09/blood-emergency-readiness-corps/. 
  21. ↑ "Blood centers launch nation's first emergency blood reserve. | Blood Centers of America". https://bca.coop/2021/09/10/blood-centers-launch-nations-first-emergency-blood-reserve-partnership-of-seven-community-blood-centers-launches-today/. 
  22. ↑ "Coastal Bend Blood Center providing products for Michigan after school shooting" (in en). 2021-12-01. https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/coastal-bend-blood-center-providing-products-for-michigan-after-school-shooting. 
  23. ↑ "CBCO joins effort to increase blood supply during emergencies" (in en-US). 2022-03-22. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/local-news-local-news/cbco-joins-effort-to-increase-blood-supply-during-emergencies/. 
  24. ↑ Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (June 3, 2024). "Blood Emergency Readiness Corps Activated to Respond to Extreme Weather in North Texas". FOX21 News Colorado (Press release). EIN Presswire. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  25. ↑ Varma, Juhi (2022-07-15). "Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center joins Blood Emergency Readiness Corps" (in en-US). https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/fort-bend/article/Gulf-Coast-Regional-Blood-Center-joins-Blood-17308396.php. 
  26. ↑ "Houchin Community Blood Bank joins nation's first emergency blood reserve" (in en-US). 2021-09-09. https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/houchin-community-blood-bank-joins-nations-first-emergency-blood-reserve/. 
  27. ↑ Denton, Evan (10 January 2022). "ImpactLife joins Blood Emergency Readiness Corps" (in en). https://www.kwqc.com/2022/01/10/impactlife-joins-blood-emergency-readiness-corps/. 
  28. ↑ "Inova Blood Donor Services Joins Nation's First Emergency Blood Reserve" (in en-US). 2022-04-25. https://www.inovanewsroom.org/press-release/2022/04/inova-blood-donor-services-joins-nations-first-emergency-blood-reserve/. 
  29. ↑ Staff REPORTS. "Lifeline joins national joint blood bank reserve" (in en-US). https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/2021/12/03/lifeline-joins-national-joint-blood-bank-reserve/8792590002/. 
  30. ↑ Deckert, Taylor (2022-05-25). "LifeServe Blood Center sending blood to support Texas shooting victims" (in en). https://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/lifeserve-blood-center-sending-blood-to-support-texas-shooting-victims. 
  31. ↑ "LifeSouth partners with blood centers amidst national shortage" (in en-US). 2022-01-17. https://whnt.com/news/huntsville/lifesouth-partners-with-blood-centers-amidst-national-shortage/. 
  32. ↑ "LifeStream joins National Blood Emergency Readiness Corps" (in en-US). 2023-07-27. https://main.sbcounty.gov/2023/07/27/lifestream-joins-national-blood-emergency-readiness-corps/. 
  33. ↑ "MEDIC joins nation's first emergency blood reserve" (in en-US). https://www.oakridger.com/story/news/2022/01/14/medic-joins-nations-first-emergency-blood-reserve/9163757002/. 
  34. ↑ Rader, Tom (26 May 2022). "Miller Keystone sends pints of blood to Texas after deadly school shooting" (in en). https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/miller-keystone-sends-pints-of-blood-to-texas-after-deadly-school-shooting/article_201a2844-dd42-11ec-8d73-4f8e22c1f2d9.html. 
  35. ↑ "Mississippi Blood Services joins mass transfusion program" (in en-US). 2022-01-27. https://www.wjtv.com/news/mississippi-blood-services-joins-mass-transfusion-program/. 
  36. ↑ "Northern California Community Blood Bank joins First Emergency Blood Reserve" (in en). 30 December 2021. https://www.triplicate.com/news/northern-california-community-blood-bank-joins-first-emergency-blood-reserve/article_e41dba7c-6997-11ec-887f-073026001b0f.html. 
  37. ↑ Branham, Dana. "Oklahoma Blood Institute joining 5-state coalition to shore up emergency blood reserves" (in en-US). https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/09/09/oklahoma-blood-institute-joins-coalition-emergency-blood-reserves/8259554002/. 
  38. ↑ "Blood donations needed after Texas school shooting, Illinois blood banks say" (in en). 25 May 2022. https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/news/local/2022/05/25/blood-donations-needed-following-texas-school-shooting-illinois-blood-banks-say/. 
  39. ↑ Burrell, Morgan (2021-09-11). "South Texas Blood and Tissue Center joins first-of-its-kind emergency blood reserve" (in en). https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/south-texas-blood-and-tissue-center-joins-first-of-its-kind-emergency-blood-reserve. 
  40. ↑ "Stanford Blood Center Joins The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps" (in en-US). https://stanfordbloodcenter.org/mediareleases/stanford-blood-center-joins-the-blood-emergency-readiness-corps/. 
  41. ↑ "SunCoast Blood Centers joins Blood Emergency Readiness Corps to help respond to mass casualty events" (in en-US). December 1, 2021. https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/suncoast-blood-centers-set-up-blood-emergency-readiness-corps/67-701dd822-c796-4e00-8b91-08dc1f382976. 
  42. ↑ Francis, Kendal (2021-12-12). "The Blood Center joins nation's first emergency blood reserve" (in en). https://www.wdsu.com/article/the-blood-center-joins-nations-first-emergency-blood-reserve/38495867. 
  43. ↑ "The Blood Connection joins Blood Emergency Readiness Corps" (in en-US). 2021-12-06. https://greenvillejournal.com/community/the-blood-connection-joins-blood-emergency-readiness-corps/. 
  44. ↑ "The Community Blood Center responds to emergency blood reserve activation" (in en-US). 2021-12-13. https://merrillfotonews.com/2021/12/13/the-community-blood-center-responds-to-emergency-blood-reserve-activation/. 
  45. ↑ "Vitalant | Blood Transfusion Affiliations". https://www.vitalanthealth.org/about/purpose-network/affliations. 
  46. ↑ "We Are Blood joins nation's first emergency blood reserve to combat blood shortage" (in en-US). 2021-09-10. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/we-are-blood-joins-nations-first-emergency-blood-reserve-to-combat-blood-shortage/. 
  47. ↑ staff, New Era (21 December 2021). "West Ky Blood Center joins first national emergency blood network" (in en). https://www.kentuckynewera.com/news/article_aca1db43-58c7-5052-a678-1012f34a0235.html. 



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