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Your emergency and evacuation plans must include provisions for your pets.
" Pets
and Disaster: Be Prepared,” a
document created by the American Red Cross and the Humane
Society of the United States, offers advice on the following
topics:
- Have a safe place to take your pets , especially in case an evacuation is ordered.
- Remember: During an evacuation, American Red Cross disaster shelters cannot accept pets. Service animals who assist people with disabilities are the only animals allowed in Red Cross shelters.
- Plan NOW, before an emergency, to find out whether friends, relatives or pet-friendly hotels can shelter your animals in the event of a disaster. Keep a list of pet-friendly places, including phone numbers, with your other disaster supplies.
- This directory of Pet-Friendly Hotels and Motels may help. Important: DO NOT ASSUME any hotel listed here will allow pets until you have called and spoken with someone at that hotel!
- Assemble a pet disaster supply kit
- Know what to do when a disaster approaches
For more information on developing your pet preparedness plan, go to http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/animals.shtm and to Ready.gov http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/pets.html to download the brochure.
You can take the free online training to help yourself and your family and community prepare for disasters. IS-10 Animals in Disaster, Awareness and Preparedness and IS-11 Animals in Disaster, Community Planning are available by going to http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/animals.shtm .
You can also order a copy of the Animals in Emergencies for Owners DVD for free. This video, developed by the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) /FEMA, is intended to help pet and livestock owners prepare to protect their animals during emergencies. The 2 DVD kit (K-673) is available by going to http://www.fema.gov/library/index.jsp and entering "pets ” in the "Keywords" field.
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