The Central Nebraska Medical Reserve Corps is a component of the Citizen Corps that brings together local health professionals and others with relevant health-related skills to volunteer in their community. These volunteers will assist the local, existing community emergency medical response system, as well as provide a group of readily trained and available resources to help the community manage pressing public health needs, improvements, and education.

The Central Nebraska Medical Reserve Corps unit is intended to supplement the resources of the existing community emergency medical response system, as well as contribute to meeting public health needs of the community throughout the year. The Central Nebraska Medical Reserve Corps unit will not replace or supplant the existing emergency medical response system or its resources. During emergencies, Central Nebraska Medical Reserve Corps volunteers may also provide an important "surge" capability to perform some functions usually performed by emergency medical response teams who have been mobilized. CNMRC volunteers can also augment medical and support staff shortages at local medical or emergency facilities.