usDART.org - the US Disaster Animal Response Team Training Institute

All DART members are been invited to help set up a temporary animal shelter during the multi-city drill in Concord. Please contact Erica Iwinski to sign up for this event!

Our DART administrative team is working on a new version of the DART Phone Tree. DART members who are willing to deploy during disasters will be notified about emergencies etc. through this phone tree.

In a serious disaster we expect that normal forms of communications like phones will not be working. Most emergency responders will use hand-held radios. We encourage DART members to become HAM operators. Starting this week there will be a training that will prepare you for the HAM exam.

Noah's Wish is winding down their operations in Quesnel, British Columbia. Evacuation orders have been lifted and the small emergency animal shelter is being emptied.

Deployment orders have been issued for DART members who are also Noah's Wish members in Region 1. Noah's Wish is responding to a request for assistance in  a wildland fire near Quesnel, British Columbia. DART members are responding. Please check your email and the Noah's Wish site.

With fires raging in California, DART has raised its alert status to Elevated. Members should check their go-kits. DART and NW Coordinators are monitoring the situation in California.

A major rabbit rescue is currently underway in the Martinez area of California. Over 100 rabbits need your help. A bay area rabbit rescue group member, Michelle, came across a situation at a neighborhood garage sale that stopped her in her tracks.

I wish I could wake up from this bad dream. The news from the flood area is getting worse. More animals lost because of blatant disregard for the PETS Act. FEMA is once again missing in action. Where is the enforcement?