# Presentation: 536307

## COMMUNITY PET PREPAREDNESS

**Insert Name and Contact Info **

## Emergencies Happen

- Disasters can strike at anytime
- Do you have a Family Emergency Plan?
- Does your plan include your pets?
- Does your local emergency response plan include pets?

## Be Prepared for Disasters  

- Get an Emergency Supply Kit
- Make a Family Emergency Plan
- Be informed about different types of emergencies and the appropriate responses

**Notes:**
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## Step One: Get a Kit

- Download a supply list from www.ready.gov
- Have enough basic supplies for every individual and pet to survive for at least three days
- Consider the unique needs of your family, including your pets
- Have two emergency supply kits, a full kit at home and a smaller portable kit in your car or at your workplace

**Notes:**
Complete list at ready.gov

Kits for home and car, include:

Food and water for three days.
First aid kit
Battery-powered radio
Flashlight w/extra batteries
Can opener
Dust mask
Whistle

Consider family needs: Kids (diapers, formula, toys/books), medications, and pets

## Pet Emergency Kit Supplies

**Include:**
- Food, enough for three days
- Water, enough for three days
- Pet medications
- Pet first aid kit
- ID tags, harness or leash
- Adoption papers, vaccination documents
- Crate or pet carrier
- Pet litter, paper towels, plastic bags, bleach,
- Picture of you and your pet together
- Familiar items (favorite toys, bedding, treats)

**Notes:**
Make sure you have the appropriate 
Food and water for three days
Medications
Back-up Id tags, leash as well as copies of adoption papers, vaccination and medical documents
Crate or pet carrier in case you need to evacuate 
Sanitary supplies-newspapers, trash bags, etc.
Always good to have a current picture of you and your pet for id purposes.
Toys, treats to make them more comfortable

## Step Two: Make A Plan

- Your family may not be together when disaster strikes
- It is important to have an emergency plan already set in place
- You can download a Family Emergency Plan at www.ready.gov

**Notes:**
Download plan from ready.gov

Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so plan how you will contact one another and review what you will do in different situations.

Consider a plan where each family member calls or emails the same friend or relative in the event of an emergency.

It may be easer to make a long distance phone call than to call across town, so an out of town contact my be in a better position to communicate among separated family members.  Be sure each person know the phone number and has coins or a prepaid phone card to call the emergency contact.  You may have trouble getting through, or the phone system may be down altogether, but be patient. 

## Emergency Plan for Pets

- Create a evacuation plan for you, your family, and your pets
- Consider family and friends who would be willing to take in you and your pets
- Locate hotels and motels that are pet friendly
- Research local boarding facilities (kennels or veterinary hospitals)
- Develop a buddy system
- Plan with neighbors, friends, or relatives to make sure that someone is available to care for pets if you are unable to do so
- Talk to your pet’s veterinarian about emergency planning
- Gather contact information for emergency animal treatment

**Notes:**
ALWAYS listen to local emergency officials during an emergency.

Plan how you will assemble your pets and anticipate where you will go.  Research hotels, shelters, kennels that will take pets in the event of an emergency.

Develop a buddy system. Plan with neighbors, friends or relatives to make sure that someone is available to care for or evacuate your pets if you are unable to do so.  Make sure to include these people in your family emergency plan and tell them where your pet’s emergency kit is located.

Get names of vets in other cities where you might need to seek temporary shelter.

May want to discuss mirochipping your pets.

## Step Three:  Be Informed

- Be informed about the types of emergencies that can happen where you live and work
- Be informed on your local emergency response plan
- Inform your community on the importance pet preparedness

**Notes:**
Visit ready.gov for this information.

## Resources 

- To order* Ready *Brochures call
- 	1-800-BE-READY (480-2520)
- www.ready.gov
- www.listo.gov

**Notes:**
You can order Ready pet brochure by calling the FEMA warehouse at 1-800-480-2520 and you can download the instructional video by visiting www.ready.gov.

## Local Contact Information

- Insert local contact info