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Contra Costa County CERT Program Unit 10 – Pet Preparedness

Contra Costa County CERT Program Unit 10 – Pet Preparedness. Released: 6 September 2011. Community Emergency Response Team. Personal safety is ALWAYS the number one priority Work as a team Wear personal protective equipment…gloves, helmet, goggles, N95 mask and boots

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Contra Costa County CERT Program Unit 10 – Pet Preparedness

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  1. Contra Costa County CERT ProgramUnit 10 – Pet Preparedness Released: 6 September 2011

  2. Community Emergency Response Team • Personal safety is ALWAYS the number one priority • Work as a team • Wear personal protective equipment…gloves, helmet, goggles, N95 mask and boots • The CERT goal is to do the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number • Hope for the best but plan for the worst

  3. Disaster Preparedness for Pets • Why pets matter • Keep your animals safe • Identify evacuation locations • Secure your animals • Keep your animals alive • Keep your animals healthy • Provide a clean, safe place • ID your animals and yourself • Get additional training • Get your city prepared for pet evacuation • What’s next?

  4. Why Pets Matter • Why Pets Matter • 63% of all US households own pets • Before Katrina, 25% of pet owners failed to evacuate (during mandatory evacuation) • Before Katrina, 40% of pet owners left pets behind (during mandatory evacuation) • Before Katrina, 70% of those pet owners attempted to return to rescue their animals • After Katrina, 61% of pet owners state they will not evacuate without their pets • Pets Matter, Because People Matter...

  5. Pets in Disasters • "During Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of animals became homeless or perished. Many pet owners stayed with their pets and perished," Rep. Chris Shays, 2006 • The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act – introduced by Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) and Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) – requires the inclusion of companion animals in disaster planning at the state and local levels. • It was signed into law by President Bush on October 8, 2006

  6. Pets in Contra Costa

  7. Identify Evacuation Locations • Safe distance from home • Coordinate with Neighbors • Define Tasks • Identify Pet Friendly Hotels • www.petswelcome.com • www.dogfriendly.com • www.petfriendlytravel.com • www.travelpets.com • Identify Boarding Kennels and Ranches

  8. Evacuation • Evacuatewith your animals • PETS Act: Mandatory evacuation of pets with human animals • If you are not home: • You may not be home when the evacuation order comes; find out if a trusted neighbor would be willing to take your pets and meet you at a prearranged location.

  9. Secure Your Animals • Your Home May Be Compromised: Create Controlled Environment • Have Kennels / Evac-Sacs in a Safe Place • Assign Retrieval Tasks to Family Members • Have Buddy System • Exchange Keys / Plans With Neighbor / Pet Sitter • Identify Outdoors Holding Area • Obtain Materials to Create Holding Area • Identify & Remove Hazards

  10. Keep Your Animals Alive • Store animal food (2 weeks) • Airtight, waterproof containers • In secure area • Store extra water (2 week supply) • Not in direct sunlight • Water that is unfit for human animals is unfit for ALL animals • Food and water bowls • Paper towels, dish soap, disinfectant

  11. Keep Your Animals Healthy • Pet first aid kit • Medications • Ask vet about his/her disaster plan • Blankets • Toys and treats • Plastic poop bags or cat litter and litter trays

  12. Provide a Clean, Safe Place • Dogs and cats • Collapsible crate or kennel • Harness, leash and cable screw / stake • Horses, swine, cattle • Halter and lead rope • Bedding material • Manure fork • Birds, reptiles, rabbits • Cage liners • Evacuation cage or carrier • Fish?

  13. ID Your Animals and Yourself • ID your pets • Put an ID tag on collar • Microchip each pet • Vet contact • Vaccination records / spayed or neutered • ID yourself • Take photos of yourself with your pets • In wallet • In emergency kit • With loved one outside of district

  14. What’s Next? • Animal Response Training through Concord CERT • DART – Disaster Animal Response Team • Learn pet first aid • Noah’s Wish • American Red Cross • American Safety Academy • Take FEMA courses • IS-10 – Animals in Disaster, Awareness and Preparedness • IS-11 – Animals in Disaster, community Planning • IS-111 – Livestock in Disasters • http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp • Join animal rescue groups • Get your city prepared for pet evacuation

  15. Unit Summary • Why pets matter • Keep your animals safe • Identify evacuation locations • Secure your animals • Keeping your animals alive • Keeping your animals healthy • Provide a clean, safe place • ID your animals and yourself • Get additional training • Get your city prepared for pet evacuation

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