Colorado’s Resource for Animal Response

PetAid Objectives 1.Build community capacity to respond to all-hazards  Local program support to create an animal response plan and to develop a County/Community Animal Response Team (CART)  Training and technical assistance  Preparedness

2.Coordination of Colorado Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (CO VMRC)  Members are available to supplement local response through provision of sheltering, evacuation and veterinary services  Planned and emergency events  Mobile clinic and medical cache

3.Resource support to local response  State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) support: care for companion and service animals (ESF 6A)  Resource acquisition assistance- personnel and equipment  Logistics support

CO Emergency Operations Plan Source of authority Under the direction of the Colorado Division of Emergency Management Services to animal covered under the PETS Act

Colorado ESF 6A Colorado Care for Companion and Service Animals Shelter Companion Animals Veterinary Services Feeding Services Communities may elect to provide additional services including, but not limited to, pet and large animal evacuation

Management and Support Incident Command Incident Commander RESPONSE County Emergency Operations Center One or More Counties Mobilization of Resources State Emergency Operations Center CART ESF-6A PetAid CERT

Incident Commander Safety Officer Liaison Officer Information Officer Operations Section Logistics Section Finance Section Planning Section Branch Animal Response Branch CART Resources Typical Destination in ICS

Rapid Needs Assessment  Livestock Operations  Veterinary Facilities  Animal Shelters  Kennels/Stables  Feed/Support Services  Wildlife/Zoological Facilities  Biomedical Facilities 1965, Denver, CO CERT CAN HELP!

Animal Disease Management Colorado response led by:  Colorado Department of Agriculture (ESF 11) Division of Animal Industry (State Veterinarian) Federal response/resources led by:  USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services  Will provide much of the funding for state/local response Local communities provide resources into established incident command

How Can I Become More Involved?  Join/establish a local CART  Join the Colorado Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps  Become a member of a national sheltering and rescue group (American Humane, ASPCA)

Thank you…. For more information contact Deborah Foote, Director PetAid Disaster Services at or