Thanks to a grant from the Florida Department of Agriculture, and in partnership with the State Agricultural Response Team (www.flsart.org), Florida SARC and Charlotte County Emergency Management are pleased to offer you the following FREE disaster response training:

Small Animal Disaster and Emergency Pet Friendly Sheltering - Level 1

This Awareness Level (Level 1) class will give you the knowledge, expertise and practical experience you need to work in an emergency animal shelter and become a professional disaster responder with FL SARC. The Awareness Level Small Animal Emergency Sheltering class is certified by the Florida Department of Emergency Management and is required by FL SARC to respond in Florida to help companion animals during a disaster.

FLSARC is the ONLY program nationwide teaching volunteers through this FEMA approved program

how to build and operate a temporary emergency animal shelter in response to natural disasters,

emergencies, and large cruelty cases.

Through our partnerships and trainings, we can provide ready-to-deploy volunteers across the state and beyond to be ready when disasters strike.

To register for this course, click this link to continue: Charlotte County Level 2

And May the FOURTH Be With You!

Small Animal Emergency Sheltering

Operations Level (Level 2)

Palm Beach County

Emergency Operations Center

7100 Belvedere Road

West Palm Beach, FL 33422

Two days, eight hours each day, from 9 AM to 5 PM (EST)

Saturday and Sunday, May 18 & 19

Join Palm Beach County and Florida State Animal Response Coalition for the Operations Level Class. The class is two, 8-hour days of intense and fun workshops where you and a team of colleagues will work on various projects related to the operations of emergency animal shelters.

Operations level will help qualify you for new roles during a disaster including possible Team Lead roles. This class expands on the learnings of the Level 1 course and challenges experienced shelter staff with interesting scenarios of emergency sheltering during a disaster.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Florida Department of Agriculture,

registration is FREE!

PREREQUISITES REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS CLASS - 

• Submit certificate of successfully completed FL SARC Awareness Level (Level 1) Small Animal Emergency Sheltering Course OR SART Online Pet Friendly Sheltering course: https://flsart.org/petfriendly/

• **Note - you may still register for this course prior to completing Level 1 - provide proof of completion prior to class.

• Submit certificate of completion of FEMA ICS-100 (current version). Go to https://training.fema.gov if you need the latest course certificate and training.
• 18 years of age or older - NOTE: Students 16-18 years of age may register as long as a parent or guardian is registered and in attendance with the student.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

NOTE: If the above certificates are currently not part of your volunteer profile with FLSARC, or if you do not have a current profile, please submit these certificates to scarriere@spcaflorida.org before class. You can also create your volunteer profile for FL SARC at www.flsarc.org/volunteers and upload documents.

Students who do not submit proof of both pre-requisites may still attend the course, but will receive a certificate of attendance instead. Once pre-requisites are confirmed and submitted, a certificate of completion will be issued.