Sample Plans for Evacuation and Sheltering

As you create or update your disaster response plan, it may be helpful to see how other organizations and communities have tackled similar situations.

The samples here are real plans from which we removed identifying information of the organization and community. These samples will be helpful to anyone tasked with creating or updating response plans.

• National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs (NASAAEP) Best Practices for Planning and Resource Management -
  These documents are the result of extensive work by subject matter experts and include a variety of topics, including Incident Command and Coordination, Planning and Resource Management, Community Engagement and Outreach, Animal Search and Rescue, Disaster Veterinary Medical Response, Decontamination, Household Pet Evacuation and Transportation, Equine Evacuation and Transportation, and Mass Care and Sheltering. 
   
• City/County Animal Plan - This is a countywide animal emergency preparedness plan. Appendices provide good examples of recordkeeping paperwork, care instructions and other standard information needed in an emergency affecting animals.
   
• Shelter Evacuation Plan - This plan focuses on evacuation of a humane society shelter and also the humane society's role in setting up a temporary shelter for owned animals. This document shows an early draft, with many plan details not yet in place.
   
• Pet-Friendly Shelter Plan - This plan focuses on the operation of a pet-friendly shelter for humans and their cats and dogs.