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 DART Members OnlyUpcoming EventsLamorinda DART BrochuresThe Heartache of Losing A Loved One Can Leave A Scar for LifeMore than 30,000 pets in Lamorinda. Most of them loved and owned by children. Who wants to explain to them why their pet could not be saved? DART Training BrochureWhat to expect from a Lamorinda DART Training. |
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Your Donation...will make a big difference for the more than 30,000 pets and other animals in Lamorinda. Partners & Sponsors
Volunteers NeededIn order to serve all our communities (Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Canyon and Saint Mary's) we need as many volunteers as we can get. Please consider signing up for Lamorinda DART!
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Lamorinda CERTWhen a disaster strikes Lafayette, Moraga and Orinda could be cut off from the Bay Area for weeks. The Lamorinda Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) teaches critical skills that help survive the disaster and its aftermath. Please join Lamorinda CERT! |
Lamorinda DART (Disaster Animal Response Team)Lamorinda DART is part of Lamorinda CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). Our mission is to assist animals and their guardians during a disaster. We set up shelters and provide animal handling and search and rescue services to the 400 CERT volunteers who are your first responders. We deploy for local, regional or state animal emergencies to assist animals and their guardians. Our partners are the Pet Emergency Preparedness Team (Contra Costa Animal Services), Noah's Wish and other DARTs in Contra Costa. |
The second LamorindaDART training starts in September 2009. The theory part will take three Thursday evenings: September 10, 17 and 24. The training starts at 6:30 pm and ends at 9:30 pm. There will be two practice days when we will set up a temporary shelter: Saturday October 3 and 10. These sessions will begin at noon and end at 5 pm. 
If your pet is not as prepared for a disaster as she or he should be, this is the workshop for you! In half an hour the presenter will show you how you can make sure that your pet is ready by creating a go-kit for your animal with important documentation, by creating an emergency supply kit that includes items for your pet, by teaming up with a buddy in your area so that your animal will be taken care of even if you are not home.
On Saturday June 13 the trainers for the Pet Emergency Preparedness Team of Contra Costa County Animal Services met for a hot-wash of the first ever PEP-Team training. 
No Animal Left BehindDuring disasters people and animals die. Sometimes these deaths are unavoidable. But often, much too often, the loss of life was preventable. Some of the reasons: no or insufficient preparations on the part of the animal owners, no or insufficient help from local authorities for people who want to evacuate with their animals, first responders who are unable to come to the help of the animals. People need to realize that in a disaster their animals will die, unless they save them or find someone to save the animals for them. Lamorinda DART wants to create a support infrastructure that will help avoid needless deaths of humans and other animals. Ideally, all animal owners will evacuate with their animals. We want to make sure that in future disasters no animal will be left behind... |
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