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UPCOMING FIR WEBINAR SERIESwww.aspcapro.org/fir

1:00-2:30 pm EST, Tuesdays

• Animal Cruelty Cases and Natural Disasters (7/24)• Animal Cruelty Cases and Natural Disasters (7/24)

• Animal Cruelty Investigations (8/07)

• Animal Fighting: Investigating and Prosecuting Bloodsports (8/21)

• Emergency Sheltering and Veterinary Forensics (9/04)

Field Sheltering and Temporary Shelters (9/18)

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• Field Sheltering and Temporary Shelters (9/18)

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Disaster Planning and Response

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Andy Green Dick GreenDisaster Response Director

ASPCA

ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Group

Forensic SciencesForensic Sciences &

Anti-Cruelty Projects

Strategies and Campaigns

Humane Law Enforcement

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Legal Advocacy Investigations and Response

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Field Investigations and Response: (FIR)

DisastersDisasters CrueltyCruelty

• Floods• Hurricanes• Tornados• Earthquakes• Disease

Outbreaks

• Hoarding• Puppy Mills• Animal

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Agenda• Trends in Disasters• Animals in DisasterAnimals in Disaster• Disasters 101• Lessons Learned in Recent Disasters

Haiti, 2010

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Recent Disasters•Big Ditch Pig Rescue (Midwest Floods, 2008)•Hurricane Gustav (2008)•Sichuan Earthquake (China, 2008)•Chaiten Volcano (Chile, 2008)•Haiti Earthquake (2010)•Typhoon Ondoy (Philippines, 2010)•Mayon Volcano (Philippines, 2010)

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y ( pp )•Eyjafjallajökull Volcano (Iceland, 2011)•Japan Earthquake/Tsunami (2011)

Trends in Disasters

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Iceland Volcano, April 2010

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“Dramatic Increase in Disasters”

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Great Job Security!• Urbanization• Environmental fragility• Move toward coastal areas• Global climate change

10 Tropical storms5 Earthquake2 Landslides

2 Tsunami4 Volcanoes

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Number of people affected by disasters quadrupledfrom 1975–84 to 1996–2005

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Top Ten Countries Since 2000

1. China 6.46%2. USA 5.55%3. India 4.19%4. Indonesia 3.31%5. Philippines 2.33%6. Russia 2.30%7. Afghanistan 2.11%

¼ of all disasters

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8. Bangladesh 1.98%9. Viet Nam 1.83%10. Pakistan, Australia, 1.58%

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1983 - Africa Drought

2004 – Asia tsunami

2008 – China/ Myanmar

2010 Haiti

Number of People Killed by Natural Disasters: 1975-2011

1976 - China earthquake

1991 - Bangladesh cyclone

1981 - Mozambique drought

2005 - Pakistan earthquake

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Most Prevalent Types of Disasters*

1. Floods 37.30% Nearly2. Windstorms 22.09%3. Epidemic 14.56%4. Earthquake 6.55%5. Extreme Temperatures 4.95%6. Drought 4.47%7 Slides 4 32%

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7. Slides 4.32%8. Wildfires 3.40%9. Volcano 1.32%10. Wave/surge 0.54%

* Since 2000

Most Prevalent Types of Disasters

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Floods

Floods and windstorm disasters are increasing in frequency

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Recent Years in Review

•2008 – “The Biggest Year Ever”

•2009 – “Whoops, the Biggest Year Ever”

•2010 – “Now, I’m Serious, The Biggest Ever”

•2011 – “This is Embarrassing – The Biggest Ever”

Cyclone Nargis landfallJoplin Emergency Shelter

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•2012 – “Oh-oh…..”Typhoon Morakot destroys shelter

Pups in the Haiti rubble

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2012

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Bad Tornado Season?

20As of March 5, 2012 2011

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22 Jan - 5 March 2012

•First major tornado outbreak happened on 22 and 23 •23 confirmed tornadoes in Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi Tennessee and AlabamaMississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama.

•Third highest number of tornadoes for the month in recorded history

•Slow start to Feb.•Significant tornado outbreak on 28th and 29th. •Confirmed EF4 tornado.

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•Continued into early March, as major outbreak (one of the largest ever recorded in March) occurred on the 2nd

• Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Spring 2012• Warmest March since record-keeping (1895).• Jan – Mar: warmest 1st quarter ever recorded.

6 deg above long-term average.

• 15,292 warm temperature records broken

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Summer 2012First time in recorded history to have four named storms in the Atlantic before 1 July

Horrible start to Fire Season 2012•AZ, NM, CO, and MT

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Trend or Anomaly?

• 1980s – 1 2 weather/climate disasters/yr• 1980s – 1.2 weather/climate disasters/yr causing more than $1B

• 1990s – 3.8/yr• 2000 - 2007 – 5.0/yr

• 2005, five disasters costing more than $1 B$

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• Hurricane Katrina >$175 B in 2011 dollars• 2008 – 9 disasters• 2011 – 12 disasters

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“These figures are bad, but could be seen as benign in years to come”

•Unless we act now, we will see more and more disasters due

to unplanned urbanization and environmental degradation.

•Weather-related disasters are sure to rise in the future, due to

factors that include climate change. *

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* M. Wahlström, Rep of UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction

Good People DataWhat do we know about impact of disasters on panimals?

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Texas, 2006

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Livestock•Bangladesh, Sidr (07) – 540,000 livestock

•Burma Cyclone Nargis (08)•Burma, Cyclone Nargis (08) -estimated 120,000 water buffaloes and draught animals

•China (08) - over 3m pigs, up to 70% of livestock - total of 12.5M animals died. $2B

•U.S., Hurricane Katrina/Rita (05)

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, ( )- 35,000 cattle, 6m chicken

•U.S., Hurricane Floyd (99) - Almost 3M chickens/turkeys, 30,000 hogs.

Bonus Question

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How Do Wildlife Fare During/Following a

Disaster?

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Wildlife•Census Data is unreliable in many areas•Carcass counting/identification is difficult

Earthquakes VolcanoesWindstorms Drought

FloodsFires

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Australia fires, 2008

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What We Do Know•There are “hot spots” in the world •Disasters are occurring more frequently and

ith t i twith greater impact•Floods, windstorms, and likely fires are occurring even more frequently than other types

•Disaster preparedness and risk reduction is a much better investment than response

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much better investment than response•Collaborative/Coalition approach to disaster response is much more effective in terms of resource management and animals “saved”

Trends in Response to Animals in Disaster

Where we were

Where we are

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Where we’re headed

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Pre-Katrina Post-Katrina

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Pre-hurricane Katrina

• Red River flooding, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane FloydAndrew, Hurricane Floyd

• Very little Communication, Collaboration, and Cooperation between groups

• Even less between NGOs and feds and between states and NGOs

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NGOs• Very turf oriented

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Katrina• Situation really forced NGOs to play well togetherto play well together

• States and feds recognized the importance of including animals in planning

• Wake-up call for NGOs -need more IM and ICS t i i

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training• The importance of having an evacuation plan in-place

Pet Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act) 2006

• Amends Stafford Disaster and Relief Emergency Assistance Act• “Ensure that State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and

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service animals following a major disaster or emergency.”

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Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (2006)

• “Colossal inadequacy” at federal state and• Colossal inadequacy at federal, state and local levels.. to prepare for, respond to, and recover from large-scale incident.

• Strengthen FEMA’s preparedness and response capabilities.

• Modifies Stafford Act with PETS Act language

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g g• New responsibilities on DHS/FEMA for coordinating implementation of the PETS Act.

Federal Coordination (ESF 6, 8, 9, 11, 14)

• FEMA• Mass Care• US&R

• USDA• APHIS AC• Vet ServicesHHS

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• HHS• NDMS

• NVERT

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Disaster Assistance Policy 9523.19

• “Eligible Costs Related to Pet Evacuation and Sheltering”and Sheltering• Identifies expenses associated with pet evacuation and sheltering that are eligible for

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greimbursement following a major disaster.

National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition

• Formed in 2006R lt f L• Result of Lessons

Learned from Hurricane Katrina

• Need for additional training in incident management and ICS

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management and ICS• Communication, Coordination and Collaboration• www.narsc.net

Washington, DC April 11

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Members Associate

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Recent Achievements• Expanded Membership • 501(c)6501(c)6• Monthly conference calls• Resource Sharing Agreement• Joint Deployments• Website

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• MOU

Collaborative Efforts

• Table Top Exercise in MA• Working groups• National Level Exercise• Pet Sheltering Booth• Event calls • Trainings

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National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs (NASAAEP)

Foster national network of stake-holders to promote effective, all-hazards animal and agricultural emergency management

–Enhance and clarify communication–Promote best practices–Identify, cultivate, and manage resourcesD l d t id i iti ti d

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–Develop and support ideas, initiatives, and policies

–Facilitate and promote the development of a national animal emergency management framework

Brief History

• Since 2002, virtually all states have developed some sort of SART, VMRC, or similar program

• Monthly conference calls since 2005 (USDA)• Annual meetings

• 2006, Dec - Las Vegas. 100 attendees• 2007, Sep - Keystone, CO. • 2008, Jan - Orlando. 80 attendees• 2008, Sep - Baltimore. 130 attendees

2009 Dec Kansas City 150 attendees

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• 2009, Dec - Kansas City. 150 attendees• 2010, Dec - Las Vegas. 168 attendees• 2012, Jun - TBA

• Incorporated, Sep 2, 2008• 2011 – Dr. Warren Hess, Dr. Jimmy Tickel

• Dr. Mike Nault, Dr. David Chico

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Best Practice Working Groups• Animal Search and Rescue

• David Perry (NASAAEP – FL) and TBD (NARSC)• Evacuation & Transportation

• Dr Renee Poirrier (NASAAEP LA) and Dr Dick Green (NARSC)• Dr. Renee Poirrier (NASAAEP – LA) and Dr. Dick Green (NARSC)• Planning & Resource Management

• Dr. Cynthia Faux (NASAAEP – WA) and Misha Goodman (NARSC)• Preparedness & Community Outreach

• Deborah Colburn (NASAAEP – CO) and Sandy Monterose (NARSC)• Sheltering

• Dave Chico (NASAAEP – NY) and Tracy Reis (NARSC)• Training

• Dr. Jimmy Tickel (NASAAEP – NC), Dr. Cheryl Eia (NASAAEP – IA), and Debrah Schnackenberg (NARSC)

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Debrah Schnackenberg (NARSC)• Veterinary Issues-Animal Decontamination, HazMat, & Radiological Issues

• TBD (NASAAEP – OR) and Dr. Lisa Murphy (AVMA)• Veterinary Issues-Disaster Veterinary Care

• Dr. Garry Goemann (NASAAEP – MN), Dr. Scott Mason (NASAAEP – OK), and Dr. Heather Case (AVMA)

• Zoological • Dr. Yvonne Nadler

NIMS Animal Emergency Response Job Titles

•Animal Care and Handling Specialist•Animal Case Specialist•Animal Control Technician•Animal Control Technician Task Force Leader•Animal Disease Epidemiologist•Animal Disease Epidemiologist Task Force Leader•Animal Emergency Response Branch Director•Animal Emergency Response Group SupervisorA i l H lth T h i i

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•Animal Health Technician•Animal Industry Liaison Specialist•Animal Premises Site Manager •Animal Rescue Support Technician•Animal Rescue Support Technician Task Force Leader

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NIMS Animal Emergency Response Job Titles

•Animal Rescue Support Technician, Wildland Fire •Animal Shelter Manager (I – IV)•Animal Shelter Manager Task Force Leader•Animal Shelter Manager Task Force Leader•Animal Species Specialist•Animal Transport Specialist•Animal Transport Specialist Task Force Leader•Livestock Agriculture Economist•Permit Specialist•Risk Assessment Specialist

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Risk Assessment Specialist•Vector Control Specialist•Veterinarian•Wildlife Control Technician•Wildlife Control Technician Task Force Leader

Job Title: VeterinarianProposed Coding:

•Avian – VETA •Companion – VETC •Equine/Livestock – VETL •Wildlife/Zoological/Aquatic - VETW

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Description• Investigates cases of animal disease •Performs clinical exams and makes diagnoses of animal diseases • Identifies presence of disease and abnormal conditions •Recommends risk mitigation procedures for disease transmission •Supervises animal disease control field operations• Monitors for the emergence and re-emergence of disease • Provides healthcare to animals •Advises on animal depopulation •Performs euthanasia O i ti f i l

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•Oversees vaccination of animals •Advises on disease control and prevention • Monitors and recommends humane care standards of animals •Supervises Animal Heath Technician in settings where required

Baseline Criteria•Education

•Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent degree y q g•Training

• ICS 100.A • ICS 200.A •IS 700.A •IS 10 Animals in Disaster, Module A

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•IS 11 Animals in Disaster, Module B •IS 111 Livestock in Disasters • Position-specific training as determined by the AHJ

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•Experience •Works or has worked in primary animal health care or related field (government, academia, private sector)

•Certification •Certified for this position by Accredited State Animal Health Official

•Physical/Medical Fitness •Able to perform under conditions of moderate to extreme stress

•Licensing

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Licensing •In good standing in their state of residence •Possesses valid veterinary state license or qualified retired veterinarians

Animal Multi-Agency Coordination System (AMAC)

•To increase multi-agency coordination capabilities in order to effectively support pets and other animals at the local, State, Territorial, Tribal, and national levels.

•Providing trained personnel when requested to local, State, Tribal, Territorial, agency EOCs, FEMA coordination locations (IOF, JFO, RRCC, or NRCC)

•A flexible framework to accommodate incident and jurisdictional variability. As incidents grow larger and

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more complex, or as multiple incidents occur, Pets MAC System will increase in scope and complexity of functions accordingly.

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AMAC•Five Primary Animal MAC System functions

•Situational assessment•Incident priority determination•Critical resource acquisition and allocation•Interagency activities•Other coordination

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Hurricane Irene•12 states with the potential of historic destruction

•Governmental and NG resources were inadequate to cover all of the potential requestsp q

•AMAC•NARSC

•Nightly updates with Impacted states, NASAAEP, SARTs, FEMA, USDA, HHS

•USDA AC•NRCC (Riverdale)

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•JFO (Region 3)•Coordination and prioritization of resource requests•Distribution Centers

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PKEMRA PETS Act

Katrina

USDA

USAR

HHSFEMA

County EM

State EM

CredentialsTrainingSummit

USCG

Pets MAC

Animals in Disasters

Katrina

NARSCNASAAEP

USAR

MAAsSOPs

TrainingSummit

ASAR

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DAP 9523.19BPWGs

AERWG

Job Titles

ShelteringE &T Training

Task books

Disasters 101

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Circle of Disaster Work

Develop Coalition

“Test” thePlan

PreparednessMitigation

Develop Response

Plan

Revise Plan Response

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Plan

Exercise/Response

Response

Recovery

How do you get involved?• Agency Plan• Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan

• Emergency Support Function/Annex• Emergency Support Function/Annex• Emergency Operations Center

• CARTs, SARTs, FARTs• Agreements

• Neighboring communities• NGOs, local rescue groups

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TrainingEquipment

Vaccinations

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Responder Needs• Uniform

• Branding• Safety vests• Safety vests

• Rescue equipment• Safety equipment

• Tools of the trade

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Go-bag

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Agency Needs

What equipment will your agency need to be effective in the field?effective in the field?

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Sheltering Supplies• 50 transport crates

• 10% XL, 60% L, 20% M, 10% S• 400 wire crates

• 300 L, 100 M• 500 ID Bands

• 12 box fans• 6 25’ extension cords• 6 pooper scoopers• 1 C heavy duty garbage bags• 2 C lg kitchen garbage bags

1 C di h / b h• 600 copies of all PW• 2 digital cameras• 2 small whiteboards/ markers• 2 L whiteboards/easels• 12 portable lighting/stands• 2 gen sets (3-5KW)• 6 radios• 24 clipboards, pencils• 500’ snow fence/60 T-posts• Sledgehammer• 250’ chicken wire/cutters

• 1 C dish soap/scrapers, brushes• 6 L tupperware containers• 1000 disposable bowls*• 100 leashes• 100 pr dishwashing gloves• 3C L, M, S exam gloves• 3 50’ hoses• 3 Sharps containers• 1 40# bag – 60 dogs/day

• 200#/day X 5 day = 1000#• 6 12X12 tarps/rope

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250 chicken wire/cutters• 1 roll of wire/pliers• 6 flashlights• 1C bleach• 100 Gal of water• 4 pop-up tents• 6 tables/24 folding chairs• Blankets/dog beds/pads

• 4-30Gal garbage cans• 10 L kitchen garbage cans• Humane traps• Volunteer check-in sheets• Job descriptions/JIT training

descriptions• 200# cat litter/100 litter pans*/8

scoopers

Training• Recommended courses• Vaccinations

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FitnessI. Arduous: involves field work calling for above-

average endurance and superior conditioning. 3-mile hike with 45-lb. pack in 45 min3 mile hike with 45 lb. pack in 45 min

II. Moderate: involves field work requiring complete control of physical faculties and may include considerable walking, standing, and lifting 25-50 lbs.

2-mile hike with 25-lb. pack in 30 min.

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III. Light: involves mainly office-type work with occasional field activity.

1-mile hike with no pack in 16 min.

(FEMA) Required Certifications•Entry Level

•FEMA IS-700: NIMS, An Introduction• ICS-100: Introduction to ICS

•First Line, Single Resource, Field Supervisors• IS-700• ICS-100 • ICS-200

•Mid-level Management: Strike Team Leaders, Division Supervisors, EOC Staff, etc.• IS-700, IS-800.A, ICS-100, ICS-200 and ICS-300

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•Command and General Staff; Area, Emergency and EOC Managers• IS-700, IS-800.A, ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300 and ICS-400

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Between Incidences

Exercise!

•Workshops•Drills•Seminars•Exercises

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Recent Disasters•Big Ditch Pig Rescue (Midwest Floods, 2008)•Hurricane Gustav (2008)Sichuan Earthquake (China 2008)•Sichuan Earthquake (China, 2008)

•Chaiten Volcano (Chile, 2008)•Haiti Earthquake (2010)•Typhoon Ondoy (Philippines, 2010)•Mayon Volcano (Philippines, 2010)•Eyjafjallajökull Volcano (Iceland 2011)

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Eyjafjallajökull Volcano (Iceland , 2011)•Japan Earthquake/Tsunami (2011)

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Thank you!Thank you!

dick.green@aspca.org

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UPCOMING FIR WEBINAR SERIESwww.aspcapro.org/fir

1:00-2:30 pm EST, Tuesdays

• Animal Cruelty Cases and Natural Disasters (7/24)• Animal Cruelty Cases and Natural Disasters (7/24)

• Animal Cruelty Investigations (8/07)

• Animal Fighting: Investigating and Prosecuting Bloodsports (8/21)

• Emergency Sheltering and Veterinary Forensics (9/04)

Field Sheltering and Temporary Shelters (9/18)

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• Field Sheltering and Temporary Shelters (9/18)

Past sessions have been recorded and posted on ASPCApro.org/fir