FAAWO will provide local and state resources to assist with shelter response plans, emergency contacts, emergency requests, and coordination of offered training for disaster response.
Support communities in the disaster lifecycle, as defined by FEMA, involving companion animals.
- Review recommended disaster response plans, best practices, and local support opportunities.
- Facilitate guidance, and suggestions to strengthen current plans.
- Identify areas of opportunity, strengths, threats, and weaknesses.
Create, sustain, and strengthen relationships to support all levels of prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
- Establish relationships through outreach and education with local and state government, public and private animal shelter organizations, the general public, and more.
Develop and maintain logistical and response capabilities through organizational networking and standardized procedures for training, mobilization, response, and transport.
- Generate a network of supplies and equiptment necessary to assist with preventative maintenance, inventory, procurement, and replacement for disaster response.
- Incorporate principles of ICS and NIMS in all phases of the disaster life cycle so there is unity and cohesion within the organization, allowing for seamless transitions into any event.
Promote disaster resiliency in communities through training and networking at the local, regional/state, and national levels.
- Access training and certification of Awareness and Operations Level training for disaster animal sheltering related to companion animals.
- Utilize resources to ensure the continuity of education, training, and result-oriented response to any event of disaster at any level.
- Partner with other agencies and organizations to facilitate a uniform approach to disaster response before the disaster versus during or after.