In response to this, I am a member of our County's Animal Response Team
which is a part of our State(Pa) Animal Response Team. Each of your states
should have these as part of the National Emergency Preparedness for
disasters. I'm sure you could do both, but I think each community should be
prepared to help it's self as well.
Laurie
>From: "Donna Rossetti" <darosse
gis.net>
>Reply-To: HSLATylertownyahoogroups.com
>To: <HSLATylertownyahoogroups.com>;
>Subject: [HSLATylertown] FW: Join the Disaster Animal Response Team Today!
>Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:38:29 -0400
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>From: The HSUS N-DART 1 Team [mailto:volunteerndart.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:00 PM
>To: darossegis.net
>Subject: Join the Disaster Animal Response Team Today!
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>
>Dear Disaster Volunteer,
>
>;The Humane Society of the United States' Disaster Services Program is
>excited to announce our new online volunteer application available at
>www.ndart.org.
>
>Whether you have already served as a National Disaster Animal Response Team
>(N-DART) member or have recently become interested in being deployed to
>help
>animals in disasters, we thank you for your commitment to animals, and
>invite you to visit this site and submit your application. All future
>deployments of HSUS N-DART teams will be made from this database.
>
>To respond effectively to disasters, the N-DART is comprised of many
>trained
>volunteers from a diversity of fields including animal care and control,
>emergency/rescue, volunteer or resource management, animal sheltering,
>mental health, communications, veterinary medicine, and others. Some
>positions are in the field, requiring volunteers who can excel in rough
>;conditions that may include long shifts of physical activity in inclement
>weather, primitive living quarters, and irregular meals. Others positions
>may be conducted in a more office-like setting. During and immediately
>after
>a disaster, volunteers may also be needed to work from an office of The
>HSUS
>performing essential telephone and administrative tasks.
>
>When not responding to disasters throughout the country, N-DART members may
>be asked to participate in training courses, conferences, and other
>;activities as participants or instructors. Whatever roles you may take on
>to
>help animals, the first step is to complete the application. The
>application
>process may take a total of one to two hours, but you can save your work
>and
>come back to it as your schedule allows. The information you will be
>providing will enable us to more effectively select, assign, and deploy
>N-DART members to a variety of disasters.
>
>;Thank you for everything you do for animals, and for your willingness to
>help us put together the best animal disaster response team possible.
>
>Again, even if you have previously submitted an application through the
>mail
>or fax, you MUST submit a new application through www.ndart.org to remain
>on
>the HSUS N-DART team.
>;
>Thank you,
>The N-DART 1 Team
>Disaster Services Program
>The Humane Society of the United States
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