How to Respond to Hurricanes
About this Webinar
Is your community prepared to respond to hurricanes? We’ll discuss the need for all-hazard disaster planning, with an emphasis on hurricanes, and review critical components of hurricane response.
Takeaways
By the end of this webinar, you can develop an understanding about:
• Preparedness locally, regionally and state-wide
• Equipment
• Training for responders
• Response team composition
• Hazards and team safety
• Assessment
Suited For
Animal welfare organizations, county and state response teams and emergency management professionals will especially benefit from this webinar. Individuals looking for opportunities to join disaster response efforts will find this webinar helpful.
Series
How to Respond to Hurricanes is part of a series of webinars about responding to hazards in our communities.
Bonus
Volunteer with the National Field Response (NFR) Team
Find out how to tap into national and regional resources available to you, such as Animal Search and Rescue (ASAR) teams and the National Capabilities for Animal Response in Emergencies (NCARE) survey results.
Recording
Dick Green, EdD
Dr. Dick Green established and chaired the National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition in early 2006, following Hurricane Katrina. NARSC is comprised of 13 animal welfare groups, including the ASPCA, and is the first coalition in the nation that is dedicated to working with all levels of government and non-government agencies on major human-animal emergency issues.
Lacie Davis
Lacie Davis has extensive classroom and technical training in emergency management and animal welfare. She has deployed on various field operations with the ASPCA, including the second-largest multistate dog fighting raid in the nation’s history.
