Is anyone part of the NDART team run by Humane Society of the United States?
A friend was telling me about it and that she was going to training to apply to be a volunteer so I've decided to train her.
We're attending 2 courses - a 2 day one in Emergency Animal Sheltering, and a 3 day Disaster Animal Response Training course. Then there's a bunch of free online courses through FEMA about Emergency Response training in general and for animals - a couple are mandatory, a couple are recommended.
Once we complete all that, we should be able to apply for volunteers for the National Response team, and with our shelter volunteering experience/commitment we should get accepted as volunteers.
Then from there, they call on their NDART volunteers to help out in emergency situations - fires, floods, earthquakes etc to I guess do the equivalent of the Red Cross, but for animals - evacuating, finding safe shelter, looking after the animals while they're in limbo, reuniting with their families, or putting them up in shelters.
Because I'm studying externally with my degree, I can take all my books on the road if needed, and help out when necessary at pretty much the drop of a hat. I'm really excited about it, I think it would be really interesting and very rewarding (although probably also hard work, and heartbreaking at the same time).
Anyone else do this?
There's more info about it here - http://hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disa...onse_team.html
A friend was telling me about it and that she was going to training to apply to be a volunteer so I've decided to train her.
We're attending 2 courses - a 2 day one in Emergency Animal Sheltering, and a 3 day Disaster Animal Response Training course. Then there's a bunch of free online courses through FEMA about Emergency Response training in general and for animals - a couple are mandatory, a couple are recommended.
Once we complete all that, we should be able to apply for volunteers for the National Response team, and with our shelter volunteering experience/commitment we should get accepted as volunteers.
Then from there, they call on their NDART volunteers to help out in emergency situations - fires, floods, earthquakes etc to I guess do the equivalent of the Red Cross, but for animals - evacuating, finding safe shelter, looking after the animals while they're in limbo, reuniting with their families, or putting them up in shelters.
Because I'm studying externally with my degree, I can take all my books on the road if needed, and help out when necessary at pretty much the drop of a hat. I'm really excited about it, I think it would be really interesting and very rewarding (although probably also hard work, and heartbreaking at the same time).
Anyone else do this?
There's more info about it here - http://hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disa...onse_team.html