LIVESTOCK EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM
Our Livestock Emergency Response Team assists livestock owners in the state of Oregon with evacuation and sheltering during disasters, such as wildfires. In Oregon, “livestock” refers to any domesticated farm animal, including bees. We can also respond to large animal emergency incidents, such as pulling a cow out of a mud hole, righting a horse cast in a stall, and managing and extracting animals in an overturned trailer event.
In a perfect world, everyone has Go Bags for themselves and emergency kits for their animals, a plan for evacuation, sheltering and reunification, and the resources to do so. Our blue skies goals include promotion and education around disaster and emergency preparedness for livestock owners and the general public. We host and participate in community events, trainings and classes, present to groups, and provide individual farm consultations.
LIVESTOCK PRE-REGISTRATION PROGRAM
We are excited to be piloting the country’s first livestock pre-registration program. We have partnered with Relief Compass to provide an app where livestock owners in Oregon can pre-register to be included in our statewide database. This will provide our team with a more accurate estimation of resources needed to respond, the ability to focus on high-risk populations and community members with access and functional needs, and most importantly the ability to communicate directly with those who are pre-registered. If you pre-register and reside in an area that becomes threatened by disaster, we can communicate with you to coordinate evacuation or response, and/or provide evacuation instructions and resources. Communication involving individual large animal emergency response situations can also take place through this app. We are not a government entity, and your identifying information provided through this app is confidential and not shared.
help us make a difference
It’s not only about evacuating and rescuing animals who’ve found themselves in unfortunate situations, helping people move their animals so they will evacuate when directed to, or working in an emergency shelter. Whether your passion is a statewide leadership role, volunteering in your local community during response, working behind the scenes to support the efforts, or training and educating about preparedness, we have a job for you! All of these important volunteer activities work towards the same goal—our mission to help animals and their owners in emergencies and disasters.
UNABLE TO VOLUNTEER?
We are a 501c3 that’s 100% volunteers and 100% donation and grant funded. Your gracious financial contribution is tax deductible and goes a long way to help us acquire the equipment and supplies needed to respond to emergencies, as well as host and organize preparedness events, classes and individual consultations that save lives and improve the resiliency of communities statewide.
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