Colorado

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Colorados Resource for Animal Response
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PetAid Objectives

• Build community capacity to respond to
  all-hazards
• Local program support to
• create an animal response plan and to develop a
  County/Community Animal Response Team (CART)
• Training and technical assistance
• Preparedness

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• Coordination of Colorado Veterinary Medical
  Reserve Corps (CO VMRC)
• Members are available to supplement local
  response through provision of sheltering,
  evacuation and veterinary services
• Planned and
• emergency events
• Mobile clinic and
• medical cache

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• Resource support to local response
• State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) support
  care for companion and service animals (ESF 6A)
• Resource acquisition assistance- personnel and
  equipment
• Logistics support

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CO Emergency Operations Plan

• Source of authority
• Under the direction of the Colorado Division of
  Emergency Management
• Services to animal covered under the PETS Act

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Colorado ESF 6A
Colorado Care for Companion and Service Animals
Shelter Companion Animals
Veterinary Services
Feeding Services
Communities may elect to provide additional
services including, but not limited to, pet and
large animal evacuation
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Management and Support
Incident Commander
CERT
ESF-6A PetAid
CART
County Emergency Operations Center One or
More Counties
Incident Command
Mobilization of Resources
RESPONSE
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Typical Destination in ICS
Incident Commander
Safety Officer Liaison Officer Information
Officer
Operations Section
Logistics Section
Finance Section
Planning Section
Branch
Branch
Branch
Animal Response Branch
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Rapid Needs Assessment

• Livestock Operations
• Veterinary Facilities
• Animal Shelters
• Kennels/Stables
• Feed/Support Services
• Wildlife/Zoological Facilities
• Biomedical Facilities

1965, Denver, CO
CERT CAN HELP!
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Animal Disease Management

• Colorado response led by
• Colorado Department of Agriculture (ESF 11)
• Division of Animal Industry (State Veterinarian)
• Federal response/resources led by
• USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services
• Will provide much of the funding for state/local
  response
• Local communities provide resources into
  established incident command

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How Can I Become More Involved?

• Join/establish a local CART
• Join the Colorado Veterinary Medical Reserve
  Corps
• Become a member of a national sheltering and
  rescue group (American Humane, ASPCA)

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Thank you.
For more information contact Deborah Foote,
Director PetAid Disaster Services at
303-539-7633 or deborahfoote_at_petaidcolorado.org