If your property is under a mandatory or advisory evacuation order, and you need to have your horses evacuated call Santa Cruz County Animal Services:454-7303 #1. If they are not available call 911 to activate our unit.
New Member Training
Feb. 27, 2010
Place: The Felton Presbyterian Church on Hwy 9
Advance registration prior to Feb 20,2010 is required.
To register for this training email: austinszoo@aol.com
with your contact info and which current member is recommending you
The on-line IS-100 course must be completed and test passed before the training
http://emilms.fema.gov/ICS100G/index.htm
Please download and review these materials prior to the training
See membership requirements at: http://www.equineevac.org/guidelines.shtml
No additional new member trainings will be held in 2010.
No uncertified volunteers will be allowed to participate in any evacuations.
Fact Sheet
January 2009
During the Summit, Martin and Trabing fires in 2008, our Equine Evacuation Unit evacuated
over 500 horses and many other animals and livestock.
227—Registered OES Trained Disaster Workers with horse trailers and trucks available for emergency use when activated by the County Office of Emergency Services
31— Amateur Radio Evac Members (Hams)
9—Trailer Teams
All Disaster Workers have received Office of Emergency Services Training regarding SEMS-Standardized Emergency Management System and ICS-Incident Command System. Evac members have attended workshops on loading unwilling horses, trailer safety and maintenance and had opportunity to have a free trailer inspection by a local trailer repair expert. Additional trainings have been provided in the past that covered emergency first aid for horses and tips on what to do if the vet can’t get there.
Trailer Team Leaders meet periodically to plan strategies. They keep in regular touch with their team members.
We have been activated for one flooding situation and three fires, during our largest activation we successfully evacuated over 240 horses at the Summit Fire in May 2008.
The OES Director, Paul Horvat, 458-7109 (212-3677), will authorize call outs for any size emergency in which we are required. If you can not reach him call 911. Clearance must be made through his office. Trailer team members can chose NOT to be involved with every emergency.
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