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Agencies
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
USDA is the country's largest conservation agency, encouraging voluntary efforts to protect soil, water, and wildlife on the 70 percent of America's lands that are in private hands.
USDA is provides safety of meat, poultry, and egg products and also brings housing, modern telecommunications, and safe drinking water to rural America.
- USDA Animal and Plant Heath Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS)
The Animal and Plant Health inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health,
administering the Animal Welfare Act, and carrying out wildlife damage management activities and efforts to provide the Nation
with safe and affordable food.
- United States Animal Health Association - The United States Animal Health Association (USAHA), the nation's animal health forum for over a century, is a science-based, non-profit, voluntary organization.
- Department of Homeland Security
This web site provides an update of the headlines in the
Department of Homeland Security, the current
threat advisory condition level, valuable information about emergencies
and disasters, travel and transportation, and dozens of other related
topics.
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture encourages, protects and promotes agriculture and related industries throughout the commonwealth.
Disaster Websites
- AidMatrix - Focuses on delivering technology solutions to create a supply chain of donors and other non-profits in a virtual exchange marketplace for humanitarian aid including: disaster relief, medical relief, and hunger relief.
- AVMA Disaster Preparedness - Information and Educational materials provided to assist veterinarians, animal owners, and others interested in the well-being of animals to prepare for animal safety in the event of a disaster.
- Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.
- Farm Service Agency (FSA) USDA's Farm Service Agency is a clearinghouse of information and services about farm programs for citizens and for FSA's current and potential business partners. It's designed to empower citizens and business partners by giving them what they want, when they want it, in ways that make sense to them, so they can solve their own problems and achieve their objectives.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) FEMA leads the effort to prepare the nation for all hazards and effectively manage federal
response and recovery efforts following any national incident. FEMA also initiates proactive
mitigation activities, trains first responders, and manages the National Flood Insurance
Program and the U.S. Fire Administration.
- The Green Cross - Provide trained traumatology specialists to the needed location(s). These specialists will be made available to provide information, education, consultation, and treatment for traumatized individuals or communities that have been affected by natural or human-caused disaster
- National Disaster Education Coalition (NDEC) NDEC develops and disseminates consistent educational information for the public about disaster preparedness.
It formulates information and advises the public about how to prepare and respond
appropriately to natural and human-caused disasters.
Local Websites
Educational Websites - APHIS - Veterinary Services Emergency Programs
APHIS efforts to prevent the destructive and harmful effects on the health of animal and human populations in the United
States from epizootics of foreign and emerging animal diseases and from technological disasters.
- Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) is a collaborative multi-state effort by Extension Services
across the country to improve the delivery of services to citizens affected by disasters and it links Extension
educators from across the U.S. and various disciplines, enabling them to use and share resources to reduce the impact of disasters.
- The Center for Food Security and Public Health at Iowa State University
CFSPH efforts to increase national preparedness for accidental or intentional introduction of disease agents that threaten food production or public health. It prepares and distributes educational materials on bioterrorism and agroterrorism agents to veterinarians, public health officials and medical professionals
National Organizations
- State Animal Response Team (SART)
This is the national SART website that provides information on news, training, and links to state SART websites.
- National Agricultural Safety Database (NASD)
NASD provides a national resource for the dissemination of information and promotes the consideration of safety
and health issues in agricultural operations.
- AgClimate AgClimate is an interactive web site with climate, agriculture, and forestry information that allows users to assess resource management options with respect to their probable outcomes under forecast climate conditions.
Pets & General Information
State SART's
Training
Veterinary
- VMAT - Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams VMATs are the only response teams recognized in the National Response Plan that provide veterinary medical treatment and address animal and public health issues resulting from natural, man-made, or any other type of disasters.
Thank you to the Florida State Agricultrual Response Team site for many of these link suggestions! They have been a model leader in SARTdevelopements across the county. |
