CERT PPT Animal Response I Final 071610

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CERT Animal Response I


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Animal Response I 1

Module Purpose

The purpose of this module is to teach CERTmembers emergency preparedness for animalowners and how to recognize specific animalbehaviors.


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CERT Animal Response II 2

Animal Categories

This module covers the following animalcategories: Household pets and domesticated animals

Service animals For-profit animals

Non-commercial livestock

Wildlife

Exotic animals


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Animal Response I 3

What You Will Learn

Animal Issues in Emergency Management Animal-Related Emergency Management

Functions

Disaster Planning for Animals General Animal Behavior Preview of CERT Animal Response II


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Animal Response I 5

Importance of Animal Issues


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Animal Response I 6

Animal-Related Emergency Functions


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Animal Response I 7

Disaster Planning for Your Animals


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Animal Response I 8

CERTs should prepare by: Identifying potential hazards

Mitigating the impact of hazards

Creating a disaster plan Assembling disaster supplies

Participating in training and exercises

Knowing your communitys disaster responseplan

Preparing for a Disaster


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Animal Response I 9

What types of disasters could occur inyour community?

Natural

Technological Terrorist

How could a disaster affect your animals?

Identifying Potential Hazards


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Animal Response I 10

Reducing the impact of disasters Making changes that protect properties or

facilities

Examples: Encourage animal facilities to relocate out of

disaster-prone areas

Encourage animal facilities to have emergencyplans, including evacuation plans

Encourage livestock owners to develop plans toremove animals when flooding is a threat

Mitigating the Impact of Hazards


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Preparing to Evacuate Your Pet/ServiceAnimal

Preparing to Stay at Home With Pets/ServiceAnimals During a Disaster

Pet/Service Animal Care After a Disaster Preparations for Livestock Special Considerations for Exotic Animals

Creating a Disaster Plan for Animals


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Identify where you will stay if evacuated Plan your evacuation routes Update vaccinations and identification

tags

Gather evacuation supplies Make a plan for evacuating without your

pet

Preparing to Evacuate Your Pet/ServiceAnimal


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Bring pets inside Have newspaper on hand Be aware that animals

may isolate themselves ifafraid

Separate dogs and cats Separate smaller pets

away from cats and dogs

Preparing to Stay at Home with Pets/ServiceAnimals


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Animal behavior maychange after adisaster

Leash pets for thefirst few days

Displaced wildlifemay pose a threat to

pets Downed power lines

are another hazard

Caring for Pets and Service Animals After aDisaster


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Ensure all animals have identification Have an evacuation plan

Relocate on property

Transport animals to safe site

Evacuation sites should be prepared forlivestock

If not evacuating, identify safest shelter Take precautions in severe cold weather

Making Preparations for Livestock


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Owners should have a plan to secureanimals during emergencies

Exotics may need to be separated from

other animals Exotics may need to be registered with

authorities

Special Considerations for Exotic Animals


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Evacuation Checklist For pets/service animals

For livestock

Shelter-in-Place Checklist For pets/service animals

For livestock

Post information for emergency personnelon your property

Assembling a Disaster Supply Kit


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What do these animals have in common?

Grouping Animals


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Characteristics of Predator Animals

Vision Feet Teeth Instincts


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What do these animals have in common?

Grouping Animals


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Characteristics of Prey Animals

Vision Feet Teeth Instincts


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Breeding species for desiredcharacteristics

Domesticated animal behavior

Domesticated animals may revert toinstinctive behavior

Predator animals may chase and attack

Prey animals may run or hide

Animal Domestication


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Increasing Aggression

Dog Facial Expressions

Increasing Fear


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Dog Body Language


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Dog Body Language (contd)


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Cat Body Language


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Cat Body Language (contd)


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Horses Instincts

Senses

Behavior

Body language

Cattle Bovines

Bulls

Tips Swine

Horses, Cattle, and Swine


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Identifying Animal Behavior


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Identifying Animal Behavior (contd)


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P i f A i l R II


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Preview of Animal Response II


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Come back for Animal Response IItolearn:

Your role as a CERT member responding to

animal issues How to protect yourself during animal

encounters

Knowledge and skills for CERT functions

involving animals

Preview of Animal Response II(contd)

M d l S


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In this module, we reviewed: Animal Issues in Emergency Management

Animal-Related Emergency Management

Functions Preparedness for Your Animals

General Animal Behavior

Module Summary

Documents

CERT PPT Animal Response I Final 071610