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Animal Issues in Disasters - 20180727

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Full Description: This one-day class is available at no charge to anyone who wants or needs to know how natural and man-made disasters can impact animals and their owners.
When a flood or tornado strikes a community, people often have the option to evacuate to a local relief shelter; but what about their animals? Most emergency shelters do not provide for pets or livestock.
Those lessons were driven home in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when images of abandoned pets and livestock flooded the airwaves. The staff of the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH), in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, is working to ensure that does not happen in a large-scale event here at home.
That’s why BOAH offers the Animal Issues in Disasters course to train local officials, first responders and potential volunteers about planning and response issues. A portion of the class is also devoted to increasing understanding of response plans for animal health-related emergencies, such as foot-and-mouth disease or avian influenza.
Veterinarians and technicians, animal/humane shelter workers, livestock owners, local first responders and others who may be called upon to help in a disaster will benefit from the Animal Issues in Disasters class. During the day’s sessions, participants will actually begin the process of developing an animal-oriented disaster plan for their local community.
The course will cover a broad range of animal-related topics:
• How vulnerable are local animal populations to potential disasters?
• Impact of a foreign animal disease events on local communities;
• Biosecurity issues in combating a foreign animal disease;
• What response activities need to occur to help livestock, pets and wildlife;
• Types of shelters and how to establish a pet-friendly shelter;
• Community-wide preparedness planning;
• Recruiting and training volunteers; and
• Resource identification, including response trailers.

Training Dates: 07/27/2018 - 07/27/2018

Prerequisites: None Specified

Registration Dates: 01/28/2018 - 07/20/2018

Available Seats: 5

Hours: 8h 0m

Fee: None Specified

Training Location: Johnson County Sheriff Department Training Center
1091 Hospital Road
Franklin, IN 46131

Resources Required: Intended for: Animal control staff, veterinarians, veterinary technicians/assistants, law enforcement, emergency managers, humane society staff/volunteers, farmers, Extension, others who may respond to animals during disaster situations

Reporting Instructions: Check in: 8-8:30 AM; Class: 8:30 AM to 4 PM (Eastern)
(Lunch is on your own; will break for lunch)

Indiana Public Safety Personnel Portal

Animal Issues in Disasters - 20180727