We just completed some training this last week and it was different from the usual training. It is called BART and that stands for Basic Animal Rescue Training.
It was started by some vetrinarians up here after they heard about the calls from Katrina and Rita about rescuing peoples animals that were left behind. They also heard that some people refused to leave because they could not take their pets with them. There also was an incident where a local FF house caught on fire and he told the FF's on scene to get his hunting dog out that everyone on the dept knew. They found him but were unable to save him.
It is emphasized that human safety comes first and only if you have the resources available to do this. They are trying to get this going nationally and it sound like they have some support. There are even a VMAT teams ready to respond to large scale disasters that involve animals when needed.
The training was very good. If you want to check out the website it is:
www.BasicAnimalRescueTraining.org
Several departments up here have gone thru the training with many others to go.
Take a look at it.
It was started by some vetrinarians up here after they heard about the calls from Katrina and Rita about rescuing peoples animals that were left behind. They also heard that some people refused to leave because they could not take their pets with them. There also was an incident where a local FF house caught on fire and he told the FF's on scene to get his hunting dog out that everyone on the dept knew. They found him but were unable to save him.
It is emphasized that human safety comes first and only if you have the resources available to do this. They are trying to get this going nationally and it sound like they have some support. There are even a VMAT teams ready to respond to large scale disasters that involve animals when needed.
The training was very good. If you want to check out the website it is:
www.BasicAnimalRescueTraining.org
Several departments up here have gone thru the training with many others to go.
Take a look at it.
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