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Animal Management in Disasters

Table of Contents 

Section I: Introduction

  1. What is Veterinary Disaster Management?

  2. Myths and realities in disasters involving animals

  3. History of veterinarian’s participation in disaster management

Section II: Hazards

  1. Summer weather (thunderstorms, lightning, wind, hail, tornadoes)

  2. Winter weather

  3. Hurricanes

  4. Floods

  5. Earthquakes

  6. Heat and drought

  7. Fire

  8. Hazardous materials

Section III: Business

  1. Cost of disasters to businesses in the animal care industry

  2. Disaster preparedness for businesses in the animal care industry

  3. Business continuity

  4. Integrating animal care industry in community Emergency Management plans

Section IV: Structure of Emergency Management

  1. Integrated Emergency Management System

  2. Incident Management

  3. Incident Management (Command) System

  4. Emergency Operations Plan

  5. Developing and Emergency Operations Plan

  6. Special considerations for the management of pets and their owners in disasters

Section V: Disaster relief

  1. Principles of disaster relief

  2. Volunteers in disasters

  3. Liability in disasters

  4. Disaster relief services for people

  5. Disaster relief for animals and their owners

Section VI: Animal Management

  1. Management of pets and their owners in disasters

  2. Mitigation of disasters on farms

  3. Management of horses in disasters

  4. Management of livestock in disasters

Section VII: International

  1. Veterinary disaster management in developing countries

  2. Disaster relief in developing countries

Appendices

  1. Mitigation

  2. Important resources and contacts

  3. Natural disaster assistance available from the USDA

  4. Memoranda of Understanding

  5. Veterinary Service and Animal Care Annex

  6. Components of Emergency Operations Plans

  7. A formal county Emergency Operations Plan

  8. An annex to a county Emergency Operations Plan

  9. Summary of a comprehensive annex and volunteer enrollment forms

  10. An Emergency Operations Plan that appoints a veterinarian

  11. Terms, acronyms and jargon used in Emergency Management

  12. Summary of state laws and Good Samaritan laws

  13. SNOMED Codes for recording disaster-related conditions in animals

  14. Text for a brochure for the care of pets in disasters

  15. Estimating the capacity of a generator to run a business or farm

  16. Diseases monitored by the International Office of Epizootics (OIE)

  17. Groups involved in disaster relief for livestock agriculture in developing countries

  18. Veterinary Incident Management System (proposed)

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Last updated: September 23, 2005.