EQUINE PROTECTION
For those of you who don’t know, Pete was the first horse we took in during the very beginning of Habitat for Horses. He was 8 months old when I bought him from the killer-buyer at an auction and brought him home. A month later, a lightning bolt hit a transformer next to our house, sending Pete over a six-foot wooden fence and into the woods, there to be entangled in a mass of barbed wire on my neighbor’s property. The result left his front legs cut to the bone at his chest level, an open wound 18 inches across and nine inches tall. More> |
Wildfires Update - May 13, 2007 from First Coast News
We will be adding more information as is is disseminated. The southeast division of Habitat for Horses is on standby and is assisting in evacuations for equines. Contact Chris & Dale Dunn (both are SART OPS liasions) cdunn@habitatforhorses.org or ravenwoodfarm@horsesinthesouth.com or call 904-626-1990 for more information. Horses in the South is providing communication services, so if you have a communique or information that needs to be disseminated, email Teri Rehkopf, hfh-comm@horsesinthesouth.com, 904-571-5561.
EMERGENCY INFORMATION
- Bradford County: 904-966-6300
- Clay County: 800-246-3320
- Baker County: 904-259-6111
- Charlton County: 912-496-3687
- Columbia County: 386-758-1125
- SE Georgia: 912-287-4467
NOAA Satellite and Information fire detect system viewer
FLSART - Incident Situation Report -
May 11, 2007 at 1603hours PDF
FLSART - Incident Situation Report -
May 11, 2007 at 0730hours (released at 0945hrs) PDF
May 10, 2007 TALLAHASSEE – Wildfires - Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson has temporarily suspended intrastate movement requirements only for those animals being evacuated from affected areas. He has also lifted interstate requirements for animals being evacuated from the fire affected areas in Georgia and moving into Florida. At the same time, Alabama and Georgia officials have waived their interstate movement requirements for Florida livestock being evacuated into those states. Read more>
Public Health Recomendations Regarding Wildfire Smoke PDF from FloridaDisaster.org
Are You FIREWISE? | Florida EOC Netcam
Florida County Emergency Management Web Sites
Sunshine State Horse Council Disaster Preparedness Plan (PDF)
May 8, 2007 - TALLAHASSEE—Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson is encouraging people to plan ahead for their animals in the event of an evacuation. Numerous communities have had to evacuate and Bronson says citizens should not wait until the order to evacuate comes to think about how they are going to deal with pets and other animals. Read more>
Bronson’s Division of Animal Industry website http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/ai (click on “Emergency Management”) provides extensive information for owners of large and small animals who may be in harms way.
The State Emergency Operations Center is now at a Level I Activation for Wildfire response (May 2007). All Sections, Branches and Emergency Support Functions should report to the EOC. Emergency Support Functions that don't have active or potential missions will be released as appropriate. Staffing hours have yet to be determined.
Mark Fuller
Deputy Chief of Operations
Florida Division of Emergency Management
(850) 528-7530 (cell)
Rick Sapp for Joe Kight
Gainesville, FL
352-332-7318 home/office
352-514-4279 cell
rsa5@cox.net
Public Health Recomendations Regarding Wildfire Smoke PDF from FloridaDisaster.org
Are You FIREWISE? | Florida EOC Netcam
Florida County Emergency Management Web Sites
Sunshine State Horse Council Disaster Preparedness Plan (PDF)
Pet Evacuation & Transportation Act Becomes Law - H.R. 3858 has become PL No. 109-308 and is now the law of the land. Read more>
Guidelines for the Development of a Local Animal Care Plan (LACP)
in Emergencies, Disasters and Evacuations Read more>
AAEP's Emergency & Disaster Preparedness Committee - Guidelines for Evacuation Read more>
Florida VETS is a special disaster-response unit based at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, that can help provide veterinary medical care for animals both large and small impacted by a disaster. “It is similar in concept to the U.S. Army’s old-style MASH units,” Haven said. Read more>
AMACAUSA - A new Council has formed with the goal of an open interchange of ideas for groups who rely upon microchip identification. Visit www.amacaUSA.org to learn more about this council. Have your group join online to be able to give input! Read the PDF introduction about the AMACAUSA - American Microchip Advisory council for Animals. Your support is needed to ensure that microchip standards are followed so that our animals can be identified before a potential crisis may occur. Click here for the PDF to sign up for the AMACAUSA.
AMACA members are the infrastructure of the current practice of microchipping pets and horses in this country. Therefore, AMACA serves as an Advisory Council, based on consensus of member opinions, for decisions and issues regarding microchip usage in animals in the United States.
Mission Statement- AMACA will provide support for field users of microchips and will be the gatekeeper against any agenda driven efforts that might damage the good work of its members or jeopardize the successful reunion of animals and owners separated by natural disaster, theft, loss or emergency. With an overview of 'Do No Harm', AMACA will provide guidance, policies and monitoring on the selection, implementation and use of companion animal RFID technologies and database services, based on scientific merit that best serves the interests of American pets and their owners.
See the PDF about the differences in microchips used by an overseas company that most US scanners can't detect. Click here for the PDF of the proposed rules from the Department of Agriculture. |
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Links to Hurricane Assistance & Information Websites
HURRICANE EQUINE EVACUATION
Prepared by the AAEP Emergency & Disaster
Preparedness Committee
Florida Division of Emergency Management - SERT - State Emergency Response Team
Habitat for Horses/Lone Star Equine Rescue
Donate Online: www.HabitatforHorses.org or
Donate via U.S. Mail: Habitat for Horses/Lone Star Equine Rescue, P.O. Box 213, Hitchcock, TX 77563
American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation's Disaster Relief Fund
Donate via U.S. Mail: www.aaep.org (mail-in disaster relief form)
For questions or more information call 800/443-0177 or email ageran@aaep.org .
American Horse Council
Donate via U.S. Mail: American Horse Council, 1616 H Street NW 7th Floor, Washington DC 20006
(designate "Katrina equine relief" in the memo portion of the check)
Donate via phone: 202/296-4031 phone
Hopeful Haven Equine Rescue
Donate via U.S. Mail: P.O. Box 17763, Shreveport, LA 71138
(designate "Katrina equine relief" in the memo portion of the check) www.hopefulhaven.com
Donations of supplies can be made by contacting Deborah Barlow at 318/286-3116, or mail them to: c/o Deborah Barlow, 315 Pecan Drive, Shreveport, La. 71106
National Horse Protection Coalition
Donate Online: www.horse-protection.org
Donate via U.S. Mail: National Horse Protection Coalition, 16217 State Route 23 , DeKalb, IL 60115
Hotels & Motels, Which Accept Pets in Emergencies and Disasters - by the Collier County FL Emergency Management Team
United States Equestrian Federation
Donate Online: www.usef.org
Donate via U.S. Mail: Make your check out to the USEF Hurricane Equine Relief Fund and sent it to:
The United States Equestrian Federation, 4047 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511
Donate by fax: 859/231-6662
Aid animal victims of the hurricane (all types of animals) through these organizations :
Alabama Veterinary Medical Foundation
Donate via U.S. Mail: Alabama Veterinary Medical Foundation, P.O. Box 3514, Montgomery, AL 36109
(designate "Katrina equine relief" in the memo portion of the check)
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Donate online: http://www.aspca.org (click on "Disaster Relief Fund")
Donate by phone: 866/275-3923.
Donate via U.S. Mail: ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund, 424 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128. Please make your check payable to ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund.
American Veterinary Medical Association Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams
( www.avmf.org )
American Veterinary Medical Foundation
Donate via U.S. Mail: American Veterinary Medical Foundation, Department 20 - 1122
P.O. Box 5940 Carol Stream, IL 60197-5940 77563 (designate "Katrina relief" in the memo portion of the check)
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
Donate Online: https://hsus.org/
Donate via U.S. Mail: Make your check payable to HSUS Disaster Relief Fund and mail it to HSUS, Dept. DRFHBM, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037
Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation
Donate Online: www.tvma.org
(scroll down to "Donate to the TVMF Katrina Disaster Relief Fund")
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) resources on how to make donations wisely: www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm |
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