Five years after Katrina animals and their owners are still on their own when a disaster happens. The Red Cross will not shelter pets with their owners. Disaster responders are not trained to handle animals. Officials are not enforcing the PETS Act. It is time to do something about it: join DART!
Lamorinda DART (Disaster Animal Response Team)
Lamorinda DART is a group of experienced animal disaster responders. DART specializes in Animal Care and Sheltering during disasters. Our operational area includes the City of Lafayette, the Town of Moraga and the City of Orinda. Our emergency animal shelters are located near a shelter for people. Other partners are the Contra Costa County Animal Response Team (Contra Costa Animal Services), Noah's Wish, other DARTs in Contra Costa and the American Red Cross. Together, we rescue the whole family.
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If you are interested in receiving information about DART (training dates and locaations, deployments, new DARTs, etc.) you should sign up for our newsletter. It only takes two steps: 1. register on our main web site: http://usDART.org , and 2. select any of our mailing lists. It is that easy!
DART Members Only
event calendar - Noah\'s Wish Training
03/06/2010 07:00 - 03/07/2010 15:00
Location:
Auburn, California
What Can I Expect?
Noah's Wish' two day training is packed with detailed, practical and field tested information for volunteers.
Following are just some of the broader topics that will be discussed:
Foundation - Giving volunteers a solid foundation of knowledge about disaster relief work.
* Realities - Presenting the realities of what volunteers will most likely face at a disaster response site.
* Safety - Helping volunteers understand why safety is always the top priority.
* Skills - Providing training on specific skills sets needed to achieve a professional level of service during disaster deployments.
* Teamwork - Understanding why teamwork is vital to an organized and coordinated approach to disaster response.
* Values - Recognizing that people have differing values for animals.
Please note: Training is designed to simulate the conditions that you may experience during a disaster deployment, therefore we require you to be self-sufficient for the entire training period. This means sleeping at the training location and bringing enough food and water to carry you through Saturday and Sunday.
Contact
contact person:
Noah's Wish
E-mail:
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Interested in starting your own disaster animal response team? If you are representing a CERT group, watch this exciting slide show and learn how Lamorinda DART can help you deliver advanced CERT training to your graduates.
