Alabama Tornado • IL/KY Floods • Mississippi River Floods
APRIL-MAY 2011
KINSHIP CIRCLE IS MONITORING AND ON STANDBY FOR:
▶ Alabama Tornadoes
▶ Illinois/Kentucky Floods
▶ More Mississippi River Floods
STANDBY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ALABAMA TORNADO: Kinship Circle participates in Alabama VOAD calls and communicates with EOC, Greater Birmingham Humane Society, plus area Animal Control facilities responsible for abandoned, orphaned or lost animals of recent tornadoes. A standby team is needed now, to assist with emergency animal sheltering in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience in emergency animal sheltering during disasters.
- FEMA free online courses/certification — ICS 100, 200, 700 and 800.
- Agree to work under command structure of local agency on ground.
- Agree to work within structure of deploying agency, Kinship Circle.
- Able to help for a minimum 5 days to 2 weeks or longer.
- Self-sustaining on ground. Able to pay for travel, lodging, misc expenses.
CONTACT BONNIE MORRISON FOR PLACEMENT ON STANDBY TEAM & MORE INFORMATION:
Bonnie Morrison, Kinship Circle Disaster Management Director
office: 513-797-1881 / cell: 513-604-5509 / dancnfeet1@hotmail.com
FROM BONNIE: Kinship Circle has been asked to assemble animal response volunteers, on standby to help with an Alabama tornado staging area and Mississippi River floods. I am working with Emergency Management to suggest temporary animal sheltering locations as flooding travels to other states. As more details are worked out I will share them with standby teams via conference call.
REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER FOR ANIMAL AID IN DISASTERS. WE SEEK:
- Independently trained volunteers with experience in disaster rescue, animal handling, sheltering, animal first aid, veterinary, photography and documentation, leadership skills.
- Flexibililty to travel to disaster zones for 1-2 weeks.
- Team players who follow FEMA Incident Command System and Kinship Circle protocol.
- Self-sustainability in rugged post-disaster settings.
- CLICK HERE to register as an disaster response volunteer.
Already on Kinship Circle’s Disaster Animal Response Team? Tell us about your new certs, training and experience so we can update your profile and contact you for future deployments. CONTACT info@kinshipcircle.org
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