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Preparing Your Pets For Emergencies
Protecting Your Pets
Whether you decide to stay put or evacuate to a safer location, you will need to make plans in advance for your pets in the event of an emergency. If you evacuate your home, your pets should not be left behind. Pets most likely cannot survive on their own; and if by some remote chance they do, you may not be able to find them when you return.
If possible, take your pets with you if have to evacuate. However, if you are going to a public shelter, it is important to note that animals may not be allowed inside. Unfortunately, many disaster evacuation centers (and specifically Red Cross evacuation centers) cannot accept pets because of states' health and safety regulations. In fact, service animals that assist people with disabilities are currently the only animals allowed in some evacuation centers. Plan in advance for shelter alternatives that will work for both you and your pets.
Plan for Pet Disaster Needs:
- Find out which motels and hotels in the area you plan to evacuate to allow pets well in advance of needing them. There are also a number of guides that list hotels/motels that permit pets and could serve as a starting point. Include your local animal shelter's number in your list of emergency numbers, they might be able to provide information concerning pets during a disaster.
- Take pet food, bottled water, medications, veterinary records, cat litter/pan, can opener, food dishes, first aid kit and other supplies with you in case they're not available later. Consider packing a "pet survival" kit which could be easily deployed if disaster hits.
During a Disaster
- Bring your pets inside immediately.
- Have newspapers on hand for sanitary purposes. Feed the animals moist or canned food so they will need less water to drink.
- Animals have instincts about severe weather changes and will often isolate themselves if they are afraid. Bringing them inside early can stop them from running away. Never leave a pet outside or tied up during a storm.
- Separate dogs and cats. Even if your dogs and cats normally get along, the anxiety of an emergency situation can cause pets to act irrationally. Keep small pets away from cats and dogs.
- In an emergency, you may have to take your birds with you. Talk with your veterinarian or local pet store about special food dispensers that regulate the amount of food a bird is given. Make sure that the bird is caged and the cage is covered by a thin cloth or sheet to provide security and filtered light.
After a Disaster
- If after a disaster you have to leave town, take your pets with you. Pets are unlikely to survive on their own.
- In the first few days after the disaster, leash your pets when they go outside. Always maintain close contact. Familiar scents and landmarks may be altered and your pet may become confused and lost. Also, snakes and other dangerous animals may be brought into the area with flood areas. Downed power lines are a hazard.
- The behavior of your pets may change after an emergency. Normally quiet and friendly pets may become aggressive or defensive. Watch animals closely. Leash dogs and place them in a fenced yard with access to shelter and water.
Sources:
http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/animals.shtm
http://blog.usa.gov/post/5395146652/plan-care-for-your-pets-during-emergencies
Resources:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/petprotect.asp more - Find out which motels and hotels in the area you plan to evacuate to allow pets well in advance of needing them. There are also a number of guides that list hotels/motels that permit pets and could serve as a starting point. Include your local animal shelter's number in your list of emergency numbers, they might be able to provide information concerning pets during a disaster.
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Cold Weather Shelters
The following shelters will be open at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, 2010, due to the expected cold weather:
1) Volunteer Way10008 Moon Lake Rd.New Port Richey727-815-0433
2) Community Congregational Church6533 Circle Blvd.New Port Richey727-849-1943
3) Home with a Heart11736 U. S. 19, Room 161Port Richey727-243-13674) The Holy Ground Shelter8835 Denton AvenueHudson
5) The Samaritan Project34921 Chauncy RoadZephyrhills813-810-8670
Families are accepted at all locations with the exception of the Volunteer Way.Information provided by Pasco County Office of Emergency Management
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Pasco County Weather Alert- July 1, 2009
Jim Martin, Office of Emergency Management
(727) 847-8137
New PortFlooding in the neighborhood is approximately in a 10-block radius ranging from the intersection of Zimmerman and
Pasco County Fire Rescue is one of a number of agencies on scene. Fire-Rescue personnel are going home-to-home in order assist citizens and access any further property damage.
For further information, please contact the Pasco County Office of Emergency Management at 727-847-8137. Or you can visit our website at www.pascoemergencymanagement.com.
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Hurricane Season is right around the corner!
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Hurricane season is upon us again! We tend to become lax when we have not recently been affected by a hurricane. But it only takes one hurricane to hit the Tampa Bay area for us to be impacted.
Local, state and the federal government have produced lists of how to prepare for a hurricane. Pasco County Office of Emergency Management website is loaded with information to help Pasco residents stay informed. Pasco County Library System maintains a Resident Information Center blog to keep you up to date on hurricane activities in Pasco County.
Pasco County's Office of Emergency Management is sponsoring a Hurricane Expo this Saturday, May 30th from 9am to 2pm at the New Port Richey Recreation Center, 6630 Van Buren Street New Port Richey. Channel 10 metorologist Jennifer Hill will be there at 11am. Join us for an informative and interesting day!
You can pick up a free hurricane guide at any Pasco County Library. Call 727-861-3040 for more information.
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