
SAME members are encouraged to establish professional relationships prior to the need for their service. One way to accomplish this is to become a member a federal, state or local reponse team.
Below is a listing of response teams:
| NAME OF TEAM | CONTACT INFO |
| DMAT - Disaster Medical Assisance Team | http://oep.dhhs.gov/team_sites.html |
| USART - Urban Search and Rescue Team | http://www.fema.gov/usr/usrtask.shtm |
| National Response Team | http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/programs/er/nrs/nrsnrt.htm |
| Corps of Engineers | http://www.usace.army.mil/ |
| DMORT - Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team | http://www.dmort.org/ |
| VMAT - Veterinary Medical Assistance Team | http://www.avma.org/disaster/vmat/ |
| The Red Cross | http://www.redcross.org/ |
| The Salvation Army | http://www1.salvationarmy.org/ |
| CERT/FEMA | http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/CERT/ |
| Citizen Corps | http://www.citizencorps.gov/ |