With Alberto’s landfall about 50 miles southeast of Tallahasse, Florida, hurricane season is officially here! So far an estimated 20,000 people have evacuated and animal rescue teams are on alert. Fortunately we have Capt. Ron — of Humane Law Enforcement-Florida, Disaster Response Teams, and the Pet Owners Alliance Inc. — on the Florida front. (See Capt. Ron’s Alberto report at end of email).
We need to step up the pet evacuation process for vulnerable Gulf Coast states such as Louisiana. The LA-SPCA is currently working to “fill in the gaps” with state and federal officials. BUT THEY NEED YOUR HELP.
Volunteers are sought, right now, for NOLA’s pet evacuation plan. We had posted this alert earlier, but the response has been poor...
If you can help, or can cross-post this to other lists, please do so.
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DIRECT QUESTIONS TO:
Laura Maloney of the LA-SPCA, Laura@la-spca.org
and ginger@la-spca.org, 504-368-5191, ext. 142
Volunteers Sought For NOLA Pet Evacuation Plan
SOURCE: Laura Maloney, Laura@la-spca.org
Laura Maloney, Laura@la-spca.org writes: As you may know, the City of New Orleans is planning to evacuate pets with their people. We’ve been working closely with planners to offer guidance in the plan’s development, obtaining resources such as kennels and leashes, participating in drills, and working with state and federal officials to fill-in the gaps.
SEEKING: Interested volunteers to help residents with their pets at 13 pick-up points in the city as well as the two staging locations.
TO APPLY: If you are interested, please review the job description and qualifications below. If you qualify (or will qualify by June 15), please complete the attached application and email it to ginger@la-spca.org or fax to 504-368-3710 by June 10.
Although the LA/SPCA is providing assistance, it’s important to understand that this is a City evacuation process and not the LA/SPCA’s. We greatly appreciate your help and support in ensuring that animals are safely evacuated with their families. Hope to see you at the upcoming orientation!
VOLUNTEER QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Successful completion of IS 100 and 200 NIMS courses by July 15, 2006.
Training available online: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/nimsOther.asp
IS 100 Intro to IC
IS 200 Intro to IC
- Completion of Louisiana SPCA volunteer orientation (see schedule below).
- Basic animal handling experience.
- Work well with others of diverse backgrounds and education levels.
- Demonstrate natural leadership ability.
- Ability to work with crowds (you are not responsible for crowd control, but must be able to work in a chaotic environment).
- Ability to follow direction and procedures.
- Ability to maintain composure under pressure.
- Personal evacuation plan in place.
- Provide proof of a tetanus vaccination.
- Show proof of age (minimum age requirement is 18).
NOTE: Upon completion of the above requirements the volunteers will be credentialed for the City evacuation ONLY and must evacuate the City after the assigned volunteer tasks are completed. Credentials expire the day the disaster strikes and do not allow re-entry into the City.
VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION:The Louisiana SPCA will offer volunteer orientation on the following dates:
- Saturday, June 17 from 9:00am-12:00pm
- Sunday, June 18 from 9:00am-12:00pm
- Sunday, June 25 from 9:00am-12:00pm
Orientations limited to 30 people.
Held at The Louisiana SPCA, 701 Thayer St., New Orleans.
Pre-registration is required. email: ginger@la-spca.org or call 504-368-5191, ext. 142.
Volunteer orientation will be a basic introduction to the following topics:
- Process/plan review
- Reading animal behavior
- Basic equipment and handling
- Animal handling practice; dealing with aggressive animals
VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENT: Pet Evacuation Assistant at Pick-up Locations
Reports to: Pet Evacuation Emergency Coordinator
Summary: Provide assistance to residents with pets who are using New Orleans city-assisted evacuation process during mandatory evacuations. Volunteers work under direction of LA/SPCA.
Job Duties:
* Greet people arriving with pets.
* Provide soft-sided carriers to people with small dogs or cats who arrive with no carrier;
provide muzzles to residents with dogs that are too large for soft-sided carriers.
* Ensure pets do not get on bus without restraint.
* Maintain radio contact with bus drivers to advise the number of people with pets awaiting transport.
* Maintain radio contact with LA/SPCA evacuation supervisor and respond as requested.
* Identify potential problem animals.
* Assist bus driver in seating people with pets so that pets are kept at reasonable distances.
* Maintain order, as possible, with people with pets.
* Demobilize at the end of the evacuation process and/or as requested by LA/SPCA supervisor.
* Safely evacuate yourself from danger zone.
* Other duties as assigned.
VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENT: Pet Evacuation Assistant at Staging Area
Reports to: Evacuation Emergency Coordinator
Summary: Provide assistance to residents with pets who are using New Orleans city-assisted evacuation process during mandatory evacuations. Volunteers work under direction of LA/SPCA following guidelines/complete paperwork.
Job Duties: Assist in pre-planning by labeling carriers and items in advance of a storm.
* Provide guidance to residents with pets who arrive at one of the main staging areas.
* Greet people arriving with pets.
* Ensure all pets are safely loaded into carriers.
Owners should handle their own animals; volunteers only assist if problems arise in the loading process.
* Provide soft-sided carriers to people with small dogs or cats who arrive with no carrier;
provide muzzles to residents with dogs that are too large for soft-sided carriers.
* Ensure that pets do not get on the bus without restraint.
* Assist city employees/military in barcoding process for pet identification.
* Identify potential problem animals; notify LA/SPCA staff person in-charge.
* Assist loading busses with pets.
* Assist in determining what pets can ride on laps of owners and what pets must ride separately.
* Demobilize at the end of the evacuation process and/or as requested by LA/SPCA supervisor.
* Safely evacuate yourself from danger zone.
* Other duties as assigned.
Hurricane Alberto Makes Landfall
SOURCE: Capt. Ron, capron@pets911.org
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO HAS MADE LANDFALL IN THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA NEAR ADAMS BEACH...ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA...AROUND 12:30 PM EDT
Capt. Ron, the Alliance
Report on ALBERTO as at 11am Tuesday 06/13/06
So far an estimated 20,000 people have evacuated. Here is a report on activities from the Florida EOC. Note the reference to ESF17. That's the animal function and the SART teams have been activated.
1. Evacuation - Several counties have issued evacuation orders.
2. Sheltering - There are 27 shelters open in 14 counties with 12 Special Needs
Shelters and eight counties with shelters on standby.
3. School and Government closings -At this time, the following counties have
school and office closures: Citrus, Pasco, Hillsborough, Levy, Union,
Alachua, Gilchrist, Taylor and Wakulla
4. Power Outages- There are 16,461 customers without power (as of 0800 hrs).
* The State EOC is activated at a Level 1 (fully staffed) and is operational
from 0700 hrs to 0700 daily in response to Alberto
* SERT conference calls with counties conducted twice daily
* 15 SERT Liaisons, and 2 RECON have been deployed and are on-scene
SERT Operations Support:
* Receiving, verifying and tasking resource requests to appropriate branches
* Tracking resource requests to ensure timely response or updates
* Refer to Groove or Tracker message # 48 for SERT Liaison deployment roster
*Barge stuck under Howard Franklin Bridge on I275/SR93 in
Hillsborough/Pinellas Co - Southbound lane is open. USCG working on removal -
Alt bridges open via SR60 & SR92
* 5 ground recon and 2 aircraft for recon are ready
* 2 fuel tenders deployed, one enroute, 7 more available, getting more lined up
* Panhandle Ports and Tampa/St. Pete closed
* Assessing impact of storm to power grids, flood control systems, roads, and
communications
. 16,461 customer without power - monitoring storm progress
* 16 shelters on stand by, 27 shelters open with a population of 228
* ARC reports Disaster Response Teams and Shelter Management are on standby for
additional shelter openings and hotlines are activated
* Uploading truckloads of ice and water from state storage locations
* LSA team mobilized and on standby
* USDA inventory received
* Communicating with support agencies on resource needs
* Conducting conference calls with volunteer centers
* Preparing information on volunteer safety for distribution
* Voluntary agencies mobile feeding teams placed on stand-by (VOAD)
* Animal movement restrictions suspended to expedite evacuation movements
* ESF 17 Incident Management Team activated and on standby
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Animal Control in Escambia County may have to evacuate animals and Animal Control in Leon county will send their trucks if necessary.
This report may be of value to animal rescue in other States that might be planning (I hope) their own disaster response teams.
Capt. Ron
Humane Law Enforcement-Florida
Disaster Response Teams and
Computerized Lost/Found records
the Pet Owners Alliance Inc.
http://www.pets911.org
1-800-U.S.Stray
Shannon Moore July 22, 1969 ~ May 31, 2006
http://memoriesofshannon.blogspot.com/
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