Preparing for an emergency

Resources for veterinarians

• 2020 AVA Disaster Management 101 – (Webinar 30m45s)
• 2019 AVA Veterinary Bushfire Response. Vet first response and burn treatment aftercare – (Webinar 1h24m24s)

National Planning Principles for Animals in Disasters

• Shown here are the webinar recordings from 2023's EVA Fire, Flood and Emergency Rescue Workshop, On behalf of the entire team at the Equine Veterinarians Australia (EVA), we would like to express our deepest gratitude for the generous donation from AAEP, this financial support was instrumental in assisting EVA and the Animal Emergency Incident Management Network (AEIMN) to provide this Fire, Flood and Emergency Rescue Workshop.  Fire and horses, management of burn injuries in horses | Dr Edwina Wilkes (Webinar 47m07s)
• Large animal rescue operations | Anthony Hatch & David King | Part 1 (Webinar 12m38s)
• Large animal rescue operations | Anthony Hatch & David King | Part 2 (Webinar 8m31s)
• Large animal rescue operations | Anthony Hatch & David King | Part 3 (Webinar 6m41s)

Resources for the community 

• Australian fire danger rating system (1m38s)
• Keeping your livestock safe in emergencies (958 kB)
• Keeping your horse safe in a natural disaster (2 MB)
• NSW SES ‘Get Ready Animals’ Resources:
  • Make an Animal Emergency Plan
  • Planning for large animals and livestock
  • Planning for your pets and small animals
  • Emergency planning for animal holding facilities
  • During an emergency
  • What if I’m not home
  • Animal Emergency Plan on a Page
  • Animal Emergency Grab and Go Bag Poster
  • How to build an Animal Ready Community (PDF)
  • Planning an Animals in Emergencies Display
  • A range of social media tiles are freely available to use and to encourage planning and preparedness.
• NSW ‘Get Ready Animals’ Videos:
• How will your animals behave in an emergency?
  • 58 mins
  • Fire and flood
  • Alpacas, horses, pets/small animals
  • Message:
    • Animals can be unpredictable and irrational when under stress. They will experience anxiety.
    • Need to be calm and quiet when relocating animals
    • Emergency plan will help reduce anxiety for animals and people
    • Prepare early and practice plan
  • Getting your animals to safety in an emergency
    • 4.04 mins
    • Fire and flood
    • Cattle, horses, alpacas, pets/small animals
    • Message:
      • You can never have enough time- don’t know what’s around the corner
      • Evacuating with animals takes longer
      • People delay leaving because they don’t have a plan for their animal
      • Animals love you
      • Speakers talking about their experience in an emergency
      • Practice your plan
      • Actions when emergency is imminent
      • Network with community- help each other
    • What if you’re not at home during an emergency?
      • 17 mins
      • Fire and flood
      • Horses and pets/small animals
      • Messages:
        • Emergencies can happen when you are not at home. Need to have a plan when you are not at home.
        • Horse owner talks about her plans when horse is agisted
        • Mother with disabled son talks about her plan when she is not at home.
      • Get Ready Animals-having an emergency plan is important
        • 45 secs
        • Alpacas and dogs
        • Messages: Animals rely on us, Strong bond with animals, Important to be prepared
      • Get Ready Animals-make an emergency plan
        • 58 secs
        • Pets/small animals and horses
        • Messages:
          • If not at home when there is an emergency, important to let people know of your plan.
          • Have your animal grab’n’go bag ready to go.
          • Takes time to get your animal to leave, therefore important to practice plan.
        • Get Ready Animals- if you have animals it’s important to leave early
          • 29 secs
          • Pets/small animals
          • Message: Animals rely on us. We are responsible for them. Get out early, rather than later.
        • An emergency plan for your animals-with sign language
          • 42 secs
          • Pets/small animals
          • Message: A hearing impaired man from the Blue Mountains talks about how he prepared and relocated his pets during an emergency.
        • Get Ready Animals-Small pet owners
          • 47 secs
          • Pets/small animals
          • Message: Animals rely on us. 100% contract to take care of our animals..  So need to get them out before emergency comes. 
        • Get Ready Animals- what’s your emergency plan?
          • 46 secs
          • Pets/small animals
          • Message: Discuss with the family about the emergency plan so everyone knows the plan.
        • Get Ready Animals-Horse owners: what’s your emergency plan?
          • 44 secs
          • Horses
          • Message: Need to have a plan, starting working out what you will do. Prepare in advance. Horses in bushfire area or floodplain- need a plan
        • Get Ready Animals- Livestock owners
          • 34 secs
          • Alpacas and livestock
          • Messages: Preparing property and animals, need to prepare in advance
        • RSPCA South Australia Pet Emergency Plan
        • World Animal Protection, Protecting animals in bushfires
        • Vets Beyond Borders, Pet First Aid - Pet first aid for burns, heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation.
        • Animal welfare in natural disasters - QLD government