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Sample Plans for Evacuation and Sheltering

These three sample plans can be adapted for your needs to help you prepare for animal emergencies, including evacuations and temporary sheltering.

Customizable Emergency Response Plan for Animal Shelters

Download this disaster planning template and prepare to keep your animals and the people who care for them safe during any emergency.

Emergency Foster Resources

Use these fostering resources to help you recruit and manage fosters during an emergency.

Innovations in Emergency Sheltering

Learn how to operate a successful emergency animal shelter during a large scale cruelty case or a natural disaster.

Pet Disaster Preparedness Guide: Be Ready, Stay Safe

Download these traveling bag lists and give them to your adopters and clients to help them be ready in case of emergency evacuations.

Most Commonly Used Emergency & Disaster Acronyms

Disaster acronyms got you confused? Use our handy glossary to help you decipher what a JITT and a JFO are.

3 Tips for Setting Up a Temporary Shelter

In the event of a disaster or large-scale seizure in your community, follow these three tips from the ASPCA’s Field Investigations and Response Team (FIR).

3 Tips for Intake and Operations at a Temporary Shelter

Managing a temporary shelter can be an overwhelming task. Follow these three tips from the ASPCA’s Field Investigations and Response Team (FIR)

Are Your County and State Ready to Respond to an Animal Emergency?

Find out how your shelter and state compares to others on disaster readiness, and get updates about the NCARE survey

How Animal Shelters and Clinics Can Prepare for Hurricanes

September marks the height of hurricane season - prepare for the worst with the best resources, including a downloadable pet disaster poster!

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