DR HELP became a lasting influence on disaster planning in El Paso County when EPCMS secured a grant through the Department of Health and Human Services. The Medical Reserve Corps of El Paso County (MRCEPC) was chartered September 30, 2003, to organize and prepare non-hospital based medical personnel.  MRCEPC will support the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County Office of Emergency Management, El Paso County Public Health and the hospital systems within El Paso County by providing volunteers to staff an Alternate Care Center or an Emergency Mass Care Shelter.

During the Waldo Canyon Fire, June 23 to July 10, 2012, 88 MRCEPC volunteers donated 1,644 hours of their time to the Waldo Canyon Fire Response efforts. MRCEPC provided 552 hours of medical and behavioral health support at four mass care shelters, 493 hours of behavioral health support at town hall meetings, re-entry into the impact area, and FEMA assessments of the impact area, and 599 hours coordinating with other agencies, and attending briefings.

During the Black Forest Fire, June 11 to June 28, 2013, 56 volunteers donated 450 hours of their time to support the Black Forest Fire Response efforts by providing medical services at the shelters, Tetanus shots at the Disaster Assistance Center and a Behavioral Health specialist with the re-occupation efforts.

The potential for more wildfires and floods in our near future led to the "I'm Not Scared When I'm Prepared" project by the AspenPointe: Colorado Spirit Waldo Support Team.

The project was pioneered by the Weber-Morgan Health Department in Utah because studies have shown that a child's ability to respond to and recover from an emergency or disaster is connected to how adult caregivers react and respond. Children feel safer when they see that adults are calm and know what to do- and they feel empowered when they have been taught what to do during an emergency.  Children in affected areas were given a backpack with a flashlight, other supplies, and activities such as a family scavenger hunt, and preparedness word search so they could be prepared for the future.