In this class, you will learn about:
- Animal Issues in Emergency Management: Why animal response is an essential component of emergency preparedness
- Animal-Related Emergency Management Functions: Emergency management functions that require handling, containing, or managing animals
- Disaster Planning for Your Animals: How to prepare a disaster kit and disaster plan for your own animals
- General Animal Behavior: Behavior patterns of predator and prey animals, domesticated animals, and specific species, including wild and exotic animals
- The Role of CERT in Responding to Animal Issues: CERT functions that may include the handling, containment, or management of animals
- CERT Responder Safety When Dealing With Animals: General response when encountering animals, avoiding zoonotic disease transmission, personal protective equipment and behaviors, caring for injuries caused by animals, and psychological self-care
- Knowledge and Skills Needed for CERT Functions That May Involve Animals: Cleaning and disinfection, general animal care, basic animal handling, caring for injured animals, dealing with animal owners and caretakers, and animal identification and tracking
- Sources for Additional Training and Information: Where you can learn more about the handling and care of animals during an emergency
We are also offering an Animal Rescue module from the City of Sacramento's Animal Control Division. This is a 2 hour module on animal rescue techniques.
This is a prerequisite for the Animal Sheltering course.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
Sacramento CERT
[email protected]
www.sfdcert.org