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State ag chief says large animals vulnerable in hurricane
By MARY WOZNIAK
MWOZNIAK@NEWS-PRESS.COM
Published by news-press.com on March 22, 2005
NEW ORLEANS — When it comes to emergency management planning for disasters like hurricanes involving agriculture and large animal issues, there are both expected and unexpected challenges, a veterinarian from the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says.
“I don’t know if you guys figured it out yet, but when it comes to animal and agricultural issues, we usually come in last when it comes to resource requests,” Dr. Gregory S. Christy, who works in the department’s animal disease control area, told a group of people at an “animals in disaster” seminar at the National Hurricane Conference here. The conference continues through Friday.
Coming in last is to be expected, and that’s “as it should be," Christy said. Resources should go to human concerns first, he said.
The unexpected challenge is that the groups that are supposed to handle the emergency planning often compete instead of cooperate, he said. “An effective level of cooperation between agencies and counties doesn’t exist.”
The state agricultural department has a goal of establishing a State Agricultural Response Team (SART) plan in every county , in which resources available for emergency disaster will be identified, he said.
A Web site is nearly complete for the project: http://www.flsart.org, which will provide content information, list county and state personnel, and training opportunities, he said.
Some of the lessons that emergency personnel learned about large animals dkuring the 2004 hurricane season are:
-- Evacuation of large animals like horses should not be attempted within the last 24 hours before a hurricane strikes, Christy said. Evacuation needs to be three days ahead of time. Otherwise, there will be be gridlock, he said. The solution to this problem is for information on emergency animal shelters to be provided in advance. Such information can be found on the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Division of Consumer Services Animal Industry Web site. Besides emergency shelters, the Web site lists pet-friendly motels and hotels for companion animals and other information.
-- In a catastrophic event, logistics are bound to break down. The solution is to provide your own staging and transportation, Christy said.
“Animal issues are the bottom of the barrel, folks,” he reiterated. He recalled asking FEMA for a generator for a dairy during one storm. The response was “You’re kidding,” he said. “We didn’t get it.”
By MARY WOZNIAK
MWOZNIAK@NEWS-PRESS.COM
Published by news-press.com on March 22, 2005
NEW ORLEANS — When it comes to emergency management planning for disasters like hurricanes involving agriculture and large animal issues, there are both expected and unexpected challenges, a veterinarian from the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says.
“I don’t know if you guys figured it out yet, but when it comes to animal and agricultural issues, we usually come in last when it comes to resource requests,” Dr. Gregory S. Christy, who works in the department’s animal disease control area, told a group of people at an “animals in disaster” seminar at the National Hurricane Conference here. The conference continues through Friday.
Coming in last is to be expected, and that’s “as it should be," Christy said. Resources should go to human concerns first, he said.
The unexpected challenge is that the groups that are supposed to handle the emergency planning often compete instead of cooperate, he said. “An effective level of cooperation between agencies and counties doesn’t exist.”
The state agricultural department has a goal of establishing a State Agricultural Response Team (SART) plan in every county , in which resources available for emergency disaster will be identified, he said.
A Web site is nearly complete for the project: http://www.flsart.org, which will provide content information, list county and state personnel, and training opportunities, he said.
Some of the lessons that emergency personnel learned about large animals dkuring the 2004 hurricane season are:
-- Evacuation of large animals like horses should not be attempted within the last 24 hours before a hurricane strikes, Christy said. Evacuation needs to be three days ahead of time. Otherwise, there will be be gridlock, he said. The solution to this problem is for information on emergency animal shelters to be provided in advance. Such information can be found on the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Division of Consumer Services Animal Industry Web site. Besides emergency shelters, the Web site lists pet-friendly motels and hotels for companion animals and other information.
-- In a catastrophic event, logistics are bound to break down. The solution is to provide your own staging and transportation, Christy said.
“Animal issues are the bottom of the barrel, folks,” he reiterated. He recalled asking FEMA for a generator for a dairy during one storm. The response was “You’re kidding,” he said. “We didn’t get it.”
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