This training exercise took place in February 2018 and we hope to offer it again in the future. Please check back.
PCART/OLAFR/OSU-CVHS/TAMU-VET present the
2018 oklahoma Disaster Animal
Response Exercise
The Payne County Animal Response Team (PCART) has partnered with the Oklahoma Large Animal First Responders (OLARF), Payne County Office of Emergency Management, Oklahoma State University’s Fire Service Training (OSU-FST), and the OSU-Center for Veterinary Health Sciences Disaster Management course for veterinary students to bring an expert animal response team, Texas A & M Veterinary Emergency Team (TAMU-VET) to Stillwater to conduct a joint training exercise March 3-4, 2018.
Space in this training exercise is limited, so please see additional information below and then contact PCART if you are interested in registering, at payneokcart@gmail.com
Space in this training exercise is limited, so please see additional information below and then contact PCART if you are interested in registering, at payneokcart@gmail.com
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Texas A & M Veterinary Emergency Team (TAMU-VET)
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If you were to be a participant in this training you will hear from us soon. If you are a sponsor or had agreed to donate food or equipment, we will be in touch shortly as well.
Click on the photos below for videos about the team that is coming to help us learn how to take care of Payne County's animals.
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Thank you to our Sponsors! |
Grants to PCART & OLAFR from:
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And thank you also to our local retailers who are donating food, equipment, or gift cards for the training exercise!
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SPOT ON! Mobile Kitchen
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Thank you from all of us at:
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Wildfires. Floods. Tornadoes. Earthquakes.
Livestock trailer accidents.
Please email us for more information at PayneOKCART@gmail.com.
The Oklahoma exercise will take place March 3-4, 2018 at Lake Carl Blackwell Recreation Area and the OSU Fire Service Training Grounds in Stillwater, OK.
Participants will also attend a deployment meeting the evening of October 6 at the Payne County Health Department. For more information about PCART, please explore our website at www.paynecart.org and
follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/PayneOKCART/. For more information on other organizations involved in this exercise, use the links below. OLAFR: https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaLargeAnimalFirstResponders/
OSU-FST: https://www.osufst.org/ OSU-CVHS: http://cvhs.okstate.edu/ TAMU-VET: http://vetmed.tamu.edu/vet |
Payne County, like all of Oklahoma, is at risk to experience any of these scenarios. In 2006, the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act was passed at the federal level, requiring communities to have a plan for the evacuation of people with their animals during emergencies. Payne County Animal Response Team (PCART), is a non-profit, specialized team of animal professionals and Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corp (OKMRC) credentialed volunteers that respond to animal disasters and emergencies in Payne and surrounding counties in Oklahoma. PCART is deployed at the request of the Payne County Office of Emergency Management (PCOEM) to integrate with other emergency responders to protect the lives of animals, their owners, and the emergency responders tasked with protecting lives and property. The Oklahoma Large Animal First Responders (OLAFR) was created after the 2013 Moore, OK Tornado to link private citizens with Federal, State, and local agencies to form a comprehensive team capable of providing urgent care, triage, evacuation and other support for large animal victims and their owners after natural or man-made disasters. The Texas A & M Veterinary Emergency Team is a highly trained and experienced team that has deployed to numerous incidents, including Hurricane Harvey in the fall of 2017. They are creating an exercise specific to Payne County and will be here to deliver training and coordinate the exercise.. | ||
Payne and Lincoln counties already share a trailer and supplies which were purchased through a grant from the ASPCA.