Membership in MI-MORT is limited to qualified individuals in the disaster mortuary community or others with specialized skills who have a desire to serve their community in the time of need.

Activation is generally limited to rotating two-week periods of work until the incident is completed – two weeks of work followed by two weeks back at normal occupation.

For a list of MI-MORT member classifications please click here.

The first step, if you are a qualified professional and would like to apply to become an active member of MI-MORT team, is to complete an application for the Michigan Volunteer Registry.

MI Volunteer Registry Application

Membership in MI-MORT falls into one of the following categories:

1. Applicant Member – any person who has completed an application and seeks consideration for membership.
2. Associate Member – any person interested in learning and contributing to the MI-MORT program but who, because of their primary occupation, would not be able to respond as part of a MI-MORT Team.
3. Provisional Member – any person whose application has been approved and is completing the online ICS courses and registering with MIVolunteer registry and is obtaining the team uniform.
4. Active Member – any person whose application has been completed and approved, has completed ICS courses and obtained the team uniforms, and for whom MI-MORT has assigned a Position Classification.
5. Inactive Member – any person whose Active status has been suspended due to:
   a.Voluntary request for such status,
   b.Failure to maintain training requirements, or
   c.Investigation of violation of Code of Conduct.

Second, take four ICS online courses.