ANIMAL EVAC VOLUNTEERS INC

By being there to help people get their pets in emergencies, AEV decreases the temptation to stay in a dangerous area or to go back into a dangerous area to retrieve animals. This saves lives of residents and of responders who may be forced to try to rescue them. AEV also tries to educate as many people as possible about the importance of having a plan and realizing that, if an emergency occurs, they must be ready to act immediately.
In order to fulfill our mission, AEV's goals are to continue to train and keep current on the latest information about planning for and operating in an emergency.

Frequent, up-to-date training sessions for our members as well opportunities to take advantage of training programs offered by other organizations. Maintain close ties with local emergency management entities.

AEV's volunteers include veterinarians, vet techs, shelter volunteers and employees, as well as others who are generally comfortable handling unfamiliar animals. We spend a lot of time training our volunteers how to handle animals in stressful situations as well as reviewing emergency protocols such as radio protocols and the Incident Command Structure and other techniques to help them contribute in an emergency. We meet and train regularly to make sure that we are ready when an incident arises.

We are at the ready to help in local emergencies requiring animal evacuations.
We also help elsewhere in the US, when called upon through our local emergency management authorities.