AKC Pet Disaster Program

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AKC Pet Disaster Program

• An exciting way to give back to our community

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What is AKC Disaster Relief?

• AKC Pet Disaster Relief is a trailer stocked with
  critical supplies that helps local Emergency
  Management provide animal care services during
  the first critical hours following a disaster
  the time before FEMA support and services are
  deployed. 
• Deployment of disaster relief trailers will help
  put an end to post-disaster tragedies have
  historically affected pet owners, such as
  putting themselves in harms way to save a
  beloved pet, or even losing a family pet during a
  disaster.
• We want every community to be prepared to help
  people and their pets for any disaster and its
  aftermath. 
• That is why AKC Reunite is partnering with local
  AKC Clubs and their affiliates to raise funds to
  help supply AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailers to
  local Emergency Management.

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What AKC Reunite hopes to accomplish?

• Better community preparedness
• More successful local disaster response
• Heightened awareness of the importance of
  disaster preparedness for their pets
• Peace of mind for pet owners
•   Safe, healthy sheltering environment
  that includes their pets   Happy reunions for
  separated animals and their human
• companions despite the chaos around
  them
• Lives will be saved

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How does it work?

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Pet Disaster Relief Trailers

AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailers are stocked with
essential, nonperishable necessities for
sheltering pets.  The supplies can be used to
create a safe, temporary home-base for displaced
animals.
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More about these Trailers?

• The AKC Pet Disaster Relief trailer is stocked
  with essential supplies to house at least 65 pets
  the first 72 hours after a disaster is declared. 
  
• The trailer has lighting and is wired for
  electricity, to run off either a generator or
  110v power supply.
• Its contents are stocked with necessary supplies.

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Following is a sampling of typical trailer
contents

• Administrative  Supplies  Log books, Volunteer
  registration forms, wrist/collar bands, check-in
  materials
• Maintenance Equipment  Batteries, Gas Can, Duct
  Tape
• Animal Care  Crates packed on rolling dollies
  for easy set-up, cat carriers, litter, microchips
  and scanner, bowls, collars and leashes
• Equipment  Fans, Generator, Lighting, Hose
• Cleaning Supplies  Mop, trash can, tarps, litter
  boxes, disinfectants
• Access to training materials  Turnkey
  implementation of Co-Located Shelters and Pop-up
  Reunion Centers, Volunteer Mobilization,
  Decontamination and Replenishment

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Help Roll Out Help

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Plans need to be in place

• Regardless of the size or budget of a community,
  local Emergency Management is now required by law
  to prepare and care for its citizens including
  plans to accommodate people with their pets in
  the event of a disaster. 
• To successfully meet these newer legal
  requirements, government organizations cannot
  alone meet the challenges posed by a
  catastrophe. 
• AKC Pet Disaster Relief can be a key component to
  your local Emergency Managements disaster
  planning efforts.

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Trailers are already being deployed!

• Just wanted to thank AKC Reunite and AKC for all
  your hard work and commitment to North Carolina
  Emergency Programs and to North Carolina Animal
  Services through your funding and sponsorship of
  the mobile equipment trailer program. I am
  convinced that this in itself is one of the most
  thought out service pieces in our entire resource
  list and offers a very fluid degree of service to
  our entire state. From an Animal Services
  perspective it just adds many more avenues of
  service and response. On behalf of myself and
  NCARCA, our state wide Animal Services
  organization we thank you for your vision and
  generosity in partnering with us on this program.
  Thank you again and I look forward to working
  with you in the future.
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• Ernie Wilkinson, DirectorJohnston County Animal
  ServicesBoard Member, NCARCA

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Go to akcreunite.org/relief

• Learn how to work with our Emergency Management
• Tools to help us introduce AKC Pet Disaster
  Relief to your local Emergency Management.
• Finding our Emergency Management Contact is a
  simple web search GOOGLE Our State Name
  State Emergency Management Division to identify
  Emergency Management contacts in our local area.
  
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• Fundraising resources
• The more we raise, the larger our Clubs logo
  will be featured on the trailer
• A minimum Club donation of 1,000 is required for
  our logo to be featured
• Each trailer costs approximately 22,000. We
  need to raise at least 12,000 to secure a
  trailer for our community. AKC Reunite and
  potentially other National Clubs will fund the
  remaining 10,000. If we ONLY want our Club and
  AKC/AKC Reunite on the trailer, we need to raise
  19,500.

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Working with Local Emergency Management QA

• Tell me more about Local Emergency Management?
• Local Emergency Management is often handled at
  the county level or regional area within a
  state.  It is the responsibility of Local
  Emergency Management to provide support and
  leadership in preparedness, response, recovery
  and mitigation to their local, business and
  volunteer partners.  Regardless of the size or
  budget of a community, the responsibility to
  prepare and care for its citizens
  including plans to accommodate people with their
  pets in the event of a disaster is required by
  law.
• Why would my Local Emergency Management want or
  need a trailer?
• Since Hurricane Katrina a series of laws
  (including the 2006 Federal PETS Act), have been
  passed that require local emergency management
  to plan for caring for people and their pets in
  the event of a disaster.  AKC Pet Disaster
  Relief provides local municipalities with an
  invaluable resource to meet these requirements
  and to shelter pets during disasters.

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Working with Emergency Management QA contd
What does my Local Emergency Management need to
do to get a trailer? Local Emergency Management
needs to agree to store, maintain and insure the
trailer.  They are also required to showcase the
trailer in their community at public events like
County Fairs and Parades and other festivals to
educate citizens about disaster preparedness for
pets.  More information can be found in the
AGREEMENT found at www.akcreunite.org/relief. Is
my Club responsible for the trailer after it is
given to Local Emergency Management? No.  The
Local Emergency Management Team will take
possession of the trailer and per the AGREEMENT
terms, they will assume insurance requirements,
as well as proper storage and maintenance of
trailer and its contents.
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What can Our Club do to help?

• Our Club can register with AKC Reunite to create
  a fund for our Club which will serve as a
  depository for our members including friends and
  family and all associated local counties and
  pet related businesses to donate.
• Our Club can educate and promote this worthy
  cause to it members through a direct mail
  campaign and through the newsletter plus meeting
  reminders.
• Our Club can educate and promote this worthy
  cause to all animal related businesses and
  associations in the counties we serve.
• Our Club can even join with other clubs, so at a
  minimum we have one of these units nearby for
  counties to share.
• AKC Reunite is a 501(c)3 non profit
  organization. Donations are tax deductible and
  accepted online or via the AKC Pet Disaster
  Relief Donation Form.

If you are a pet lover concerned about the
well-being of pets during disasters please
consider making a donation.
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Lets Make this Happen for the all the Animals in
our Community!
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