Provider: University of Albany

Program Description: Because emergencies impact both human and animal populations, it is important to include plans for animals in preparedness activities to ensure their safety before, during and after an emergency. This program (developed in partnership with David Chico, VMD, Veterinarian - New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets) will focus on why it is important and how we can best prepare, plan and respond to disasters affecting animals (e.g, County Animal Response Teams and sheltering).

Presenter: Kelly Nilsson, former Director of Disaster Response Services for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

Time to complete: 1.25 hours

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of the presentation, the participants will be able to:

• Describe the relationship between animal needs and human health and safety during emergencies
• Understand the legal requirements set forth in the state and Federal P.E.T.S. Act
• Understand the need for personal preparedness
• Recognize the need to collaborate with community partners in preparing for disasters effecting animals
• Understand community preparedness initiatives

Target Audience: National audience of state and local public health professionals and such partners as healthcare professionals, EMS personnel, law enforcement, and media representatives

Access at Dealing With Animals in Emergencies [1]

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Provider: FEMA

Course Overview: This course is intended to help animal owners, care providers, and industries to understand incident management.

Course Objectives: To increase awareness and preparedness among animal owners and care providers, and to describe how typical hazards affect animals and what can be done by responsible owners to reduce the impact of disasters.

Course Length: 3.5 hours

Target Audience: Animal owners and care providers

Access at IS-10.A: Animals in Disaster: Awareness and Preparedness [3]

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Provider: FEMA

Course Overview: This course provides information for groups to meet and develop meaningful and effective plans that improve the care of animals, their owners, and the animal-care industries in disasters.

Course Objectives:

At the completion of this training, the learner will be able to:

• learn how to develop a community plan for managing animals in an emergency,
• identify hazards and threats most likely to affect your community and ways to minimize their impact on animals,
• indicate how communities use the Incident Command System (ICS) to respond effectively to an incident involving animals,
• describe resources available to help communities recover from a disaster, and
• develop community support for a disaster preparedness plan involving animals.

Course Length: 4.5 hours

Target Audience: Emergency management officials, animal owners, animal-care providers, and animal-care industries

Access at IS-11.A: Animals in Disaster: Community Planning [5]

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Provider: FEMA

Course Overview: This course combines the knowledge of livestock producers and emergency managers to present a unified approach to mitigate the impact of disasters on animal agriculture.

Course Objectives:

At the completion of this training, the learner will be able to:

• understand issues that arise when disasters affect livestock,
• determine a farm's susceptibility to hazards, and
• identify actions to reduce economic losses and human and animal suffering in disasters.

Course Length: 3.5 hours

Target Audience: Emergency management officials and livestock owners

Access at IS-111.A: Livestock in Disasters [7]

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Provider: Louisiana State University

Description: The information in this manual addresses the planning, operational, and closing phases of an emergency animal shelter based on the experiences of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Emergency Animal Shelter at the LSU AgCenter’s Parker Coliseum that was established following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Access at LSU Emergency Animal Shelter Disaster Response Manual [9]

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