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Business as usual Disasters on the rise? 2011 disaster season Field distribution centers What’s next
Business As Usual
PetSmart Charities
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ASPCA Field Investigations and Response
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PetSmart Charities Emergency Relief
Supplies Grants
Waggin’s
Volunteers
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Grants • 25 or more pets • 501c3, Government or Tribal Agency • Ability to Provide 3rd party verification of intake • Completed Budget Sheet • Statement on letterhead or from organizational email address
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Supplies • • • • • •
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25 or more pets; less than 250 501c3, Government or Tribal Agency Ability to Provide statement from the District Attorney or copy of the warrant. Statement on letterhead or from organizational email address List of items needed 3-5 business days to secure supplies
Emergency Relief Waggin’ Mission Statement
Provide immediate life saving support to animal welfare organizations that assist companion animals impacted by man-made or natural disasters. Historical and Background
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Program started 2007 6 pre-loaded trailers in GA, MD, IL, TX & AZ 2007-2010: 24 incidents and deployed assisting more 13,000 pets 2011: 16 deployments assisting more than 22,000 pets 2012: 3 Deployments assisting more than 1,000 pets
Emergency Relief Waggin’ Natural Disaster
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Emergency Relief Waggin’ Manmade Disaster
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Emergency Relief Waggin’ What we do: Unload product including crates, carriers, food, bowls and leashes
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Emergency Relief Waggin’ DEPLOYMENT
Our volunteer team will also assist with shelter set up
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Emergency Relief Waggin’ What we don’t do: Rescuing or touching pets
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Field Investigations and Response Team
Disasters • • • • •
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Floods Hurricanes Tornados Earthquakes Disease Outbreaks
Cruelty • Hoarding • Puppy Mills • Animal Fighting • Farm Animals
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Range of services Joel Lopez, 2/7/2012
Technical • • • •
Medical • • • •
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Field Sheltering Emergency Triage Mobile care Field Tested Protocols
Rescue Water Small and Large Animal Incident Management
ASPCA Resources
Personnel • 12 Full time staff • 95 Consultants • 400 volunteers and GROWING
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Equipment • Animal Transports • Mobile Medical Units • Rescue Boats • Specialized Gear
Services • Field Rescue • Field Animal Sheltering • Investigations
Removal
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Animal ID
Transport
Medical
Daily Care
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Behavior
Crime Scene Processing
Forensic Analysis 19
Prosecution
Animals assisted in 2011 Petsmart Charities/ASPCA 20 States 57 Operations 9 Species 50 Recipients
Distribution Center 19,261 Grants 11,615
Deployments
6,124
Investigations & Consults
14,198*
Over $1 million 41 States *These animals were assisted but not removed, placed or transported 20
28 Responses • 11 cruelty cases • 15 disasters • 1 disease outbreak • 3 distribution centers
115 Consultations & Investigations 233 Criminal charges filed
Request for assistance • Official request through local authority • Emergency Managers, Local Law Enforcement
Needs Assessment • Services needed • Skill sets and total responders • Equipment and Supplies
Resource Activation • Logistics
Deployment • Structure • Incident Action Plan 21
Disasters on the rise?
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Dramatic Increase in Disasters Population growth Urbanization Environmental fragility Move toward coastal areas • Global climate change
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Top Ten Countries Since 2000 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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China USA India Indonesia Philippines Russia Afghanistan Bangladesh Viet Nam Pakistan, Australia, Zaire
6.46% 5.55% 4.19% 3.31% 2.33% 2.30% 2.11% 1.98% 1.83% 1.58%
¼ of all disasters
Most Prevalent Types of Disasters Since 2000 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 25
Floods Windstorms Epidemic Earthquake Extreme Temperatures Drought Slides Wildfires Volcano Wave/surge
37.30% 22.09% 14.56% 6.55% 4.95% 4.47% 4.32% 3.40% 1.32% 0.54%
Nearly 60%
Number of people affected by disasters quadrupled from 1975–84 to 1996–2005
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U.S.: “A Season of Extremes”* • 14‐16 April. “Tornado outbreak” – State of Emergency: AL, 26 counties in OK, and NC – 45 death – 230 tornadoes
• “Unprecedented Flooding”** in Midwest • “Raging Fires” in TX/NM
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*USA Today 14 Apr 2011
**NWS, 14 April
2011: A Record Year 12 disasters caused >$1 B in damages* (2008 – 9) – April 25‐28 tornado ($10.2B) – Multi‐month drought and heatwave Plains and Southwest ‐ $10 B – May 22‐27 tornado outbreak • 158 people in Joplin, Missouri ‐ $9.1 B. – Wildfires in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – June 18‐22 tornadoes and severe weather in Midwest and Southeast – Jan 29 to Feb 3: U.S. blizzard (36 deaths, $1.8 B) – April 4‐5: Midwest/Southeast tornadoes (9 deaths; $2.8 B) – April 8‐11: Southeast/Midwest tornadoes: ($2.2 B) – April 14‐16: Midwest/Southeast tornadoes: (38 deaths; $2.1 B) – April 25‐28: Tornado outbreak – Spring and summer: Mississippi River flooding ($3 ‐4B) – Summer: Upper Midwest flooding (>$2 B) – Aug 20‐29: Hurricane Irene (45 deaths; $7.3 B) 28
Spring 2011 Disaster Season ASPCA Operations: Caruthersville, MO Flooding Faulkner Co, AR Tornado Memphis, TN Flooding
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HSUS Operations:
HSMO Operations:
Natchez, MS Flooding
Sikeston, MO Flooding
With so many hot spots where to commit PCI Emergency Relief Trailers?
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ASPCA/PCI Field Distribution Center Model PCI ‐ Emergency Animal Shelter Supplies ‐ Personnel
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ASPCA ‐ Personnel ‐ Short to long range transport
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Number of people reported affected
Number of people reported killed
Natural disaster summary 1975 - 2008
U.S. Pet Ownership Stats
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U.S. Pet Ownership Stats
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APPA 2009/10; AVMA 2007
Pet Ownership Trends Percent of Households Owning Pets 50 40 Dogs Cats Birds Horses
30 20 10
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APPA, 2009/2010
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30-40% - Fail to Evacuate 1/3 - Won’t Leave Pets
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Spring 2011 Disaster Season ASPCA Operations: Caruthersville, MO Flooding Faulkner Co, AR Tornado Memphis, TN Flooding
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HSUS Operations:
HSMO Operations:
Natchez, MS Flooding
Sikeston, MO Flooding
Memphis, TN Centrally Located
Warehouse Space
• Faulkner Co – 3 hours • Caruthersville – 2 hours • Sikeston – 2 hours • Natchez – 5 hours • Memphis – Largest potential population affected
• 7,500 Sq feet • 2 loading docks • FREE
Proximity to Moving Vendor • Two Men and a Truck • Up to four shipments daily • Transport as well as off‐load services
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Heavy Equipment Stacking Protocols 41
Supporting Mid South Animal Rescue and Sheltering Operations
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States Assisted
Operations Assisted
Animals Assisted
•8 • AL,AR,GA,IL,KY,MO,MS, TN
• 38 • 32 different animal groups • Ranging from NGOs to local humane societies
• 7,742
Summer 2011 Disaster Season Joplin, MO Tornado Minot, ND Flooding Pierre, SD Flooding Summit Co, AZ Wildfires Springfield, MA Tornado Sioux City, IA Flood Guthrie, OK Tornado
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Why set up a Distribution Center in Joplin? High Number of Affected • Direct tornado path • Secondary impact due to economy
Warehouse • 150,000 Sq Feet • 1 Loading Dock • FREE
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Overwhelming Influx of Local Donations • Pet Supplies • Human Supplies • Distribution Points
Supporting Mid South Animal Rescue and Sheltering Operations
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States Assisted
Operations Assisted
Animals Assisted
•7 • AZ,IA,MA, MO,ND,OK, SD
•7 • 7 different animal groups
• Local: 5,803 • Regional: 2,250
Hurricane Irene Hurricane Irene NYC Schoharie Co, NY Winton, NC Montpelier, VT New Bern, NC Chattanooga, TN Wilkes, PA Luzerene, PA Binghamton, NY Patterson, NJ Wildfire Linden, TX Disease Outbreak Central KY
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Upstate NY
Eastern Seaboard • 2.5 Million Evacuated • $7 Billion in Damages
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Warehouse
Best Practices
• 6,500 Square Feet • 1 Loading Dock • Off a major Interstate
• Process • Personnel
Supporting the East Coast
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States Assisted
Operations Assisted
Animals Assisted
•8 • KY, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TN, TX, VT
• 12 • Unique Agencies
• 3,466
Location
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Personnel
Process
Year Round DC Centrally Located Support Disasters and Cruelty 50
Q&A 51
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