Resources

Emergency Preparedness & Response

• Animal Evac New Zealand Pet Emergency Plan (PDF, 240kb)
• Animal Evac New Zealand Emergency preparedness guide for pet owners (PDF, 690kb)
• Animal Evac New Zealand Horse owner emergency planning guide (PDF) 
• Animal Evac New Zealand Lifestyle farm emergency preparedness (page)
• Animal Evac New Zealand Why animals matter in disaster infographic (PNG)
• Animal Evac New Zealand mobile phone in case of emergency wallpaper (PNG)
• Animal Evac New Zealand ArcGIS companion animal population estimator
• Dairy NZ Adverse Events emergency management information for farmers
• Ministry for Primary Industries (NZ) Animal emergency preparedness fact sheet series
• American Veterinary Medicine Association: Disaster preparedness for veterinarians
• US Department of Agriculture animal emergency management and disaster resource center
• Humane Society US: Disaster preparedness
• American SPCA: Disaster preparedness
• Animal Disaster Management Blog: volcanic emergency preparedness
• CDC (US Gov) decontamination of pets
• Horse South Australia: My Horse Disaster Plan
• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science: disaster preparedness
• Office for Animal Laboratory Welfare: disaster planning resources
• Disability assistance dog civil defence identification tag information.
• International Association of Emergency Managers: Principles of Emergency Management

Lost, Found, DNA & Microchips

• NZ Lost Pet service 0800 LOSTPET (Animal Evac NZ’s only endorsed lost pet service)
• NZ Companion Animal Register 0800 LOSTPET – update our pet’s microchip record
• Massey University – Animal Genetic Services (DNA identification/testing in NZ)

Learning & Training

• FEMA IS-10 animals in disaster: awareness
• FEMA IS-11 animals in disaster: planning
• FEMA IS-111 livestock in emergencies
• FEMA IS-230 Fundamentals of emergency management
• FEMA IS-235 Emergency planning
• Horse SA Introduction to large animal rescue
• ASPCA Pro FIR 1: Rescuing Animals from Cruelty and Disasters
• ASPCA Pro FIR 4: Large Scale Operations
• ASPCA Pro FIR 9: Fundamentals of Emergency Sheltering
• Pet First Aid courses (NZ) [Official Supporter of AENZ] Special Animal Evac NZ Volunteer deal
• Pet First Aid & CPR Resource Guide

Qualifications & Credentials

• International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
• Charles Sturt University: Emergency Management (online)
• University of Florida Graduate Shelter Medicine programme (online)
• International Technical Rescue Association: Animal Rescue

Reports, Transcripts & Working Papers

• Wellington SPCA Operation Edgecumbe After Action Report (Glassey, 2017)
• Wellington SPCA Submission to Ministerial Inquiry into Civil Defence (2017)
• NASAAEP Summit FEMA Director Craig Fugate (see our YouTube channel for this video)
• Craig Fugate guest speaker at launch of Animal Evac NZ Report on animal inclusive disaster law reform (2019)
• Animal Evac New Zealand Operation Nelson Fires After Action Report (Glassey & Anderson, 2019)
• No animal left behind: A report on animal inclusive emergency management law reform (Glassey, 2019)
• Animal Evac New Zealand Australia Fires After Action Report (Glassey & Anderson, 2021).
• Animal Evac New Zealand Debrief Notes: 2023 North Island Weather Events (2023).

Manuals & Guidelines

• Livestock Emergency Guideline & Standards (LEGS)
• Coordinated Incident Management System (CIMS)

Films & Videos

• Dark Water Rising (Shiley, 2006) DVD or Amazon Live.
• Surviving Harvey: After the storm (2017), Animal Planet
• Animal Evac NZ YouTube channel
• Craig Fugate guest speaker on animal disaster law reform report to NZ Parliament (2019).

Academic Articles

• Masters Report: Recommendations to enhance companion animal emergency management (Glassey, 2010).
• Animal welfare impact following the 4 September 2010 Canterbury (Darfield) earthquake (Glassey & Wilson, 2011)
• Shooting them isn’t the answer: Why pets matter in disasters (Glassey, 2014)
• Did Harvey learn from Katrina: Initial observations of the response to companion animals during Hurricane Harvey (Glassey, 2018).
• Legal Complexities of Entry, Rescue, Seizure and Disposal of Disaster-Affected Companion Animals in New Zealand. (Glassey, 2020).
• Standardised search markings to include animals (Glassey & Thompson, 2020)

Recommended Books

• Animal Management in Disasters (Heath, 1999)
• Filling the Ark (Irvine, 2009)
• Rescued (Anderson and Anderson, 2006)
• Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch earthquakes (Potts & Gadenne, 2014)
• Animals in Disasters (Green, 2019)
• Animal Management and Welfare in Natural Disasters (Sawyer & Huertus, 2019)
• Surviving with companion animals in Japan: Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster (Kajiwara, 2020)

Online Communities & Networks

• Facebook: International Animal Emergency Management Group
• Facebook: Technical Large Animal Emergency Response Group
• Facebook: NASAAEP @TheNASAAEP (they have monthly webinars too)
• Membership: NASAAEP
• Membership: National Animal Rescue & Sheltering Coalition
• Animal Disaster Management Blog (Glassey)
• Animal Emergency Incident Management Network (AU & NZ)

Pet Insurance

• Pet n Sure New Zealand

Volunteer Resources

• Recommend PPE list
• Training Pathway