kinship circle disaster responseKinship Circle Disaster Animal Response Team activates in emergencies for animal victims. We provide skill, experience, stamina and leadership — in a spirit of cooperation to best serve animals. Responders reflect a wide range of training and credentials. The movie above, I Am Alive! Save Me, is a portal to Kinship Circle aid worldwide. Please watch and support us!
skills, knowledge, experience
ASSESSMENT & GROUND OPERATIONS
SEARCH AND RESCUE, ANIMAL TRANSPORT
VETERINARY SKILLS - Veterinarian, Vet Tech, Vet Assistant, Animal Medical, Vaccination And First Aid Experience
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER - ACO Skills, Certification
SHELTER IN PLACE - Food-Water Stations, Documentation
ANIMAL DISASTER TRAINING - With credentialing organizations like HSUS-NDART, American Humane, UAN Redrover, Noah’s Wish, Best Friends, Animal Rescue Corps…
CPR-AED CERTIFICATION - Plus Animal First Aid-CPR
DOCUMENTATION - Photography, Video, Field Notes, Reports
volunteer registration formTo volunteer as part of our disaster team, you are required to complete and submit this form. By submitting this form, you accept Kinship Circle Volunteer Terms Of Agreement.1. CONTACT INFORMATION & ID PHOTO FIELDS WITH ASTERISK * ARE REQUIRED.
3. DISASTER TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS List course title, name of instruction agency, year: Examples: CPR/First Aid, Fire, Water, SAR, TAR, LAR…
4. ANIMAL DISASTER TRAINING & CERTS List name of instruction organization and year trained: Examples: HSUS-NDART, Americane Humane, UAN Redrover, Noah’s Wish, Best Friends, MuttShack…
5. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE List career skills that may benefit animal disaster aid: Examples: Veterinarian/Tech, Animal Control Officer, Shelter Work, Groomer, Paramedic, Fireman, Nurse, IT…
6. ANIMAL DISASTER AID EXPERIENCE List your past deployments and experience on the ground for animal disaster victims: For each, type NAME/YEAR of disaster (i.e., Hurricane Katrina 2005), LOCATION, GROUP you deployed with, TASKS.
7. PHOTOGRAPHY & DOCUMENTATION List amateur or professional experience you have in photography, videography and documentation: We especially need volunteers who can shoot stills and video for disasters, plus other national events.
8. MORE SPECIALIZED SKILLS Let us know additional capabilities:
Can you bring a laptop and compile/submit field notes?
Good at computer communication such as Wi-Fi and other Internet challenges from disaster zone?
Adept at organizing information (food-water spreadsheets, animal records, mapping search-rescue routes…)?
Other specialized skills?
9. TRANSPORTATION &
SUFFICIENCY
VEHICLE: Tell us the type vehicle you can drive in a disaster zone. (i.e., "I can drive stick-shift, large truck, etc.")
If disaster occurs near your region, can you drive your vehicle? If yes, what type?
10. CURRENT VACCINATIONS Tell us which vaccinations below you currently have.
Tetanus
MMR
Polio
Hep A
Hep B
Typhoid
Rabies
H1N1
Flu
Other
Enter code on left as you see it. Case sensitive.
Confirmation code:
By submitting this form, you have read and agree to volunteer terms below.
volunteer terms of agreement
KINSHIP CIRCLE VOLUNTEER TERMS
YOU AGREE TO:
Complete/submit disaster volunteer registration form. You can't deploy with Kinship Circle DART unless registered.
Email photo ID of yourself to:info@kinshipcircle.org — as part of your registration in our responder network.
Be 21 years of age with no record of felony conviction.
Have a valid driver's license on all deployments.
Have an international driver's license and passport overseas.
Comply with FEMA Incident Command System (ICS) + protocols set forth by Kinship Circle and its associates.
As a responder, you represent Kinship Circle (the organization that deployed you) — regardless of how your personal volunteer expenses are paid for. Strategic decisions must be approved by the team leader (Incident Commander), at times in conjunction with Kinship Circle head officers.
Kinship Circle responders risk dismissal if they:
~ Leave the disaster deployment site without consent.
~ Become unaccountable for any reason.
~ Defy team decisions or refuse to stand down if asked.
~ Knowingly jeopardize the safety of others.
~ Disparage, slander or otherwise defame Kinship Circle.
ACQUIRE DISASTER TRAINING & CERTIFICATION You have read and attempted to fulfill Kinship Circle DART basic training requirements to the best of your ability:
You agree to submit information about completed courses and certification on your volunteer registration form.
Kinship Circle reserves the right to classify each volunteer by his/her level of training, skill, experience. Activities, while deployed with Kinship Circle DART, are assigned per volunteer skill level.
Volunteers are responsible for notifying Kinship Circle about new training/certifications that elevate skill level.
VOLUNTEER TERMS, CONTINUED
YOU AGREE TO:
Cover your personal deployment costs as a volunteer for a nonprofit without sustained funding* — unless partial sponsorship is individually prearranged with Kinship Circle.
KINSHIP CIRCLE PAYS FOR:
Special-Circumstance Airfare — Based on a volunteer's skills/credentials as crucial to a deployment.
Most Lodging — Except in the rare event Kinship Circle can't find affordable volunteer space near disaster zone.
Overseas Team Vehicle, Gas, GPS — As needed in international deployments only.
Emergency & Urgent-Need Ground Costs — Must be approved by Kinship Circle pre-purchase.
Team Safety Gear In Extreme Disasters — Such as Tyveck suits, masks, goggles, Geiger Counter used in Japan radiation crisis after a mass earthquake.
YOU PAY FOR:
Airfare and disaster-area mobility by train, bus, cab, etc — Unless partial sponsorship has been prearranged on an individual basis with Kinship Circle.
Occasional Lodging — Only in the rare event Kinship Circle can't secure affordable space near disaster zone.
Personal Communication Devices — Your phone bill + costs related to wireless devices, other electronics.
Meals — Meals and personal health/safety costs.
Personal Disaster Gear & Clothing — Protective footwear and safety-wear, eyewear, masks, bite gloves…
*Kinship Circle works on a collaborative basis with volunteers, calling upon their input as partners rather than subordinates. While we offer a far more hands-on experience — Kinship Circle has no sustained funding, and thus, no means to pay for comprehensive volunteer costs on the ground. This must be accepted prior to any deployment. Failure to comply with these terms may result in dismissal from Kinship Circle.
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● Nonprofit Certificate of Incorporation, Charter: N00071626
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