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COMMUNITY ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAMS

Los Angeles Care and Control Emergency Response - https://animalcare.lacounty.gov/emergency-response/
spcaLA – Disaster Animal Response Team (DART) - https://spcala.com/programs-services/dart/
San Diego Humane Society – Emergency Response Team (ERT) - https://www.sdhumane.org/support-us/volunteer/emergency-response-team.html
San Juan Capistrano - Large Animal Response Team (LART) - https://www.sanjuancapistrano.org/249/LART---Large-Animal-Response-Team
Riverside Emergency Animal Rescue System (R.E.A.R.S.) - https://rcdas.org/support/volunteer
Ventura County Animal Services Emergency Volunteer Rescue Team (EVRT) - https://www.vcas.us/emergency-volunteer-rescue-team/
Humane Society of Ventura County Animal Rescue Team (ART) - https://www.hsvc.org/art
San Bernardino County Fire - Large Animal Rescue Team - https://sbcfire.org/large-animal-rescue-team/
UC Davis - California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) - https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/disaster-preparedness-response/cvet https://cvet.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/
California Community Animal Response Teams - https://calcarts.org

NATIONAL ANIMAL ORGANIZATIONS | Disaster Response

American Humane Association - https://www.americanhumane.org/action-item/become-a-member-of-our-rescue-team/
The Humane Society of the United States - https://www.humanesociety.org/animal-rescue
Red Rover - https://redrover.org/responders/
CODE 3 - https://code3associates.org/disaster-response/
ASPCA - https://www.aspcapro.org/topics/cruelty-disasters
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - https://www.ifaw.org/programs/disaster-response

NATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE & SHELTERING COALITION (NARSC)

https://www.thenarsc.org/

SEARCH & RESCUE TRAINING PROGRAMS

ASAR Training and Response - https://asartraining.com/
Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER TM) - https://tlaer.org/
Sierra Rescue - https://sierrarescue.com/course-info/technical-animal-rescue-courses/
Animal Rescue Training - https://www.animalrescuetraining.com/

FEMA - Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study Program (ISP)

FEMA Self-Paced Distance Learning - https://training.fema.gov/is/

FEDERAL and STATE

CDFA - Animal Health Branch Newsletter - https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/Newsletter_Main.html
CDFA - https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/Animal_Health/eprs/cares/
CalOES - Emergency Preparedness for Animals - https://www.caloes.ca.gov/office-of-the-director/operations/planning-preparedness-prevention/planning-preparedness/animal-preparedness/

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION

Ready.gov - https://www.ready.gov/

EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS

The Great California Shakeout - https://www.shakeout.org/california/

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

California Volunteers - https://www.californiavolunteers.ca.gov/disaster-services/
Citizen Corps - https://www.ready.gov/get-involved
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) - https://community.fema.gov/PreparednessCommunity/s/welcome-to-cert?language=en_US
National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) - https://www.nvfc.org/programs/firecorps/
Medical Reserve Corps - https://aspr.hhs.gov/MRC/Pages/index.aspx
The Red Cross - https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief.html
National Neighborhood Watch - https://www.nnw.org/
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) - https://www.nvoad.org/
California Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) - https://voadcalifornia.wpengine.com/socal-voad/
Collaborating Organizations Active in Disaster – Orange County (COAD-OC) - http://www.coadoc.org/