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Title: AKC Pet Disaster Program


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AKC Pet Disaster Program
  • An exciting way to give back to our community

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What is AKC Disaster Relief?
  • AKC Pet Disaster Relief is a trailer stocked with
    critical supplies that helps local Emergency
    Management provide animal care services during
    the first critical hours following a disaster
    the time before FEMA support and services are
    deployed. 
  • Deployment of disaster relief trailers will help
    put an end to post-disaster tragedies have
    historically affected pet owners, such as
    putting themselves in harms way to save a
    beloved pet, or even losing a family pet during a
    disaster.
  • We want every community to be prepared to help
    people and their pets for any disaster and its
    aftermath. 
  • That is why AKC Reunite is partnering with local
    AKC Clubs and their affiliates to raise funds to
    help supply AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailers to
    local Emergency Management.

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What AKC Reunite hopes to accomplish?
  • Better community preparedness
  • More successful local disaster response
  • Heightened awareness of the importance of
    disaster preparedness for their pets
  • Peace of mind for pet owners
  •   Safe, healthy sheltering environment
    that includes their pets   Happy reunions for
    separated animals and their human
  • companions despite the chaos around
    them
  • Lives will be saved

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How does it work?

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Pet Disaster Relief Trailers

AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailers are stocked with
essential, nonperishable necessities for
sheltering pets.  The supplies can be used to
create a safe, temporary home-base for displaced
animals.
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More about these Trailers?
  • The AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailer is stocked
    with essential supplies to house at least 65 pets
    the first 72 hours after a disaster is declared. 
  • The trailer has lighting and is wired for
    electricity, to run off either a generator or
    110v power supply.
  • Its contents are stocked with necessary supplies.

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Following is a sampling of typical trailer
contents
  • Administrative  Supplies  Log books, Volunteer
    registration forms, wrist/collar bands, check-in
    materials
  • Maintenance Equipment  Batteries, Gas Can, Duct
    Tape
  • Animal Care  Crates packed on rolling dollies
    for easy set-up, cat carriers, litter, microchips
    and scanner, bowls, collars and leashes
  • Equipment  Fans, Generator, Lighting, Hose
  • Cleaning Supplies  Mop, trash can, tarps, litter
    boxes, disinfectants
  • Access to training materials  Turnkey
    implementation of Co-Located Shelters and Pop-up
    Reunion Centers, Volunteer Mobilization,
    Decontamination and Replenishment

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Help Roll Out Help

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Plans need to be in place
  • Regardless of the size or budget of a community,
    local Emergency Management is now required by law
    to prepare and care for its citizens including
    plans to accommodate people with their pets in
    the event of a disaster. 
  • To successfully meet these newer legal
    requirements, government organizations cannot
    alone meet the challenges posed by a
    catastrophe. 
  • AKC Pet Disaster Relief can be a key component to
    your local Emergency Managements disaster
    planning efforts.

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Trailers are already being deployed!
  • Just wanted to thank AKC Reunite and AKC for all
    your hard work and commitment to North Carolina
    Emergency Programs and to North Carolina Animal
    Services through your funding and sponsorship of
    the mobile equipment trailer program. I am
    convinced that this in itself is one of the most
    thought out service pieces in our entire resource
    list and offers a very fluid degree of service to
    our entire state. From an Animal Services
    perspective it just adds many more avenues of
    service and response. On behalf of myself and
    NCARCA, our state wide Animal Services
    organization we thank you for your vision and
    generosity in partnering with us on this program.
    Thank you again and I look forward to working
    with you in the future.
  •  
  • Ernie Wilkinson, DirectorJohnston County Animal
    ServicesBoard Member, NCARCA

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Go to akcreunite.org/relief
  • Learn how to work with our Emergency Management
  • Tools to help us introduce AKC Pet Disaster
    Relief to your local Emergency Management.
  • Finding our Emergency Management Contact is a
    simple web search GOOGLE Our State Name
    State Emergency Management Division to identify
    Emergency Management contacts in our local area.
  •  
  • Fundraising resources
  • The more we raise, the larger our Clubs logo
    will be featured on the trailer
  • A minimum Club donation of 1,000 is required for
    our logo to be featured
  • Each trailer costs approximately 22,000. We
    need to raise at least 12,000 to secure a
    trailer for our community. AKC Reunite and
    potentially other National Clubs will fund the
    remaining 10,000. If we ONLY want our Club and
    AKC/AKC Reunite on the trailer, we need to raise
    19,500.

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Working with Local Emergency Management QA
  • Tell me more about Local Emergency Management?
  • Local Emergency Management is often handled at
    the county level or regional area within a
    state.  It is the responsibility of Local
    Emergency Management to provide support and
    leadership in preparedness, response, recovery
    and mitigation to their local, business and
    volunteer partners.  Regardless of the size or
    budget of a community, the responsibility to
    prepare and care for its citizens
    including plans to accommodate people with their
    pets in the event of a disaster is required by
    law.
  • Why would my Local Emergency Management want or
    need a trailer?
  • Since Hurricane Katrina a series of laws
    (including the 2006 Federal PETS Act), have been
    passed that require local emergency management
    to plan for caring for people and their pets in
    the event of a disaster.  AKC Pet Disaster
    Relief provides local municipalities with an
    invaluable resource to meet these requirements
    and to shelter pets during disasters.

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Working with Emergency Management QA contd
What does my Local Emergency Management need to
do to get a trailer? Local Emergency Management
needs to agree to store, maintain and insure the
trailer.  They are also required to showcase the
trailer in their community at public events like
County Fairs and Parades and other festivals to
educate citizens about disaster preparedness for
pets.  More information can be found in the
AGREEMENT found at www.akcreunite.org/relief. Is
my Club responsible for the trailer after it is
given to Local Emergency Management? No.  The
Local Emergency Management Team will take
possession of the trailer and per the AGREEMENT
terms, they will assume insurance requirements,
as well as proper storage and maintenance of
trailer and its contents.
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What can Our Club do to help?
  • Our Club can register with AKC Reunite to create
    a fund for our Club which will serve as a
    depository for our members including friends and
    family and all associated local counties and
    pet related businesses to donate.
  • Our Club can educate and promote this worthy
    cause to it members through a direct mail
    campaign and through the newsletter plus meeting
    reminders.
  • Our Club can educate and promote this worthy
    cause to all animal related businesses and
    associations in the counties we serve.
  • Our Club can even join with other clubs, so at a
    minimum we have one of these units nearby for
    counties to share.
  • AKC Reunite is a 501(c)3 non profit
    organization. Donations are tax deductible and
    accepted online or via the AKC Pet Disaster
    Relief Donation Form.

If you are a pet lover concerned about the
well-being of pets during disasters please
consider making a donation.
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Lets Make this Happen for the all the Animals in
our Community!
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  • Join together NOW
  • INSERT CLUB NAME HERE
  • AKC and AKC Reunite!!
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