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of the following Resolution:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, ST ATE 01-- OF COLORADO
Resolution No. 2011- C
RESOLUTION ADOPTING EAGLE COUNTY
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, APPENDIX K
WHEREAS, Section 24 -32 -2107 of the Colorado Revised Statutes states each political
subdivision shall be within the jurisdiction of and served by the division and by a local or inter -
jurisdictional agency responsible for disaster preparedness and coordination of response;
WHEREAS, Section 24 -32 -2107 of the Colorado Revised Statutes states each county
shall maintain a disaster agency or participate in a local or inter jurisdictional disaster agency that
otherwise has jurisdiction over and serves the entire county;
WHEREAS, Section 24 -32 -2107 of the Colorado Revised Statute states each local and
inter jurisdictional disaster agency shall prepare and keep current a local or inter jurisdictional
disaster emergency plan for its area;
WHEREAS, the Eagle County Emergency Operations Plan was adopted by Resolution
No. 2010 -072 on June 29, 2010; and
WHEREAS, it is desirous to update and supplement the Eagle County Emergency
Operations Plan through the adoption of various appendices.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO:
THAT, the Eagle County Emergency Operations Plan, Appendix K be adopted in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference.
THAT, the Eagle County Emergency Operations Plan, Appendix K set forth herein
shall be effective as of April 1, 2011.
THAT, should any section, clause, provision, sentence or word in this Resolution be
declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of this Resolution as a whole or any parts thereof, other than the part so declared to be
invalid. For this purpose, this Resolution is declared to be severable.
THAT, the Board hereby finds, determines and declares that this Resolution is necessary for
the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Eagle County.
MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle,
State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the 29th day of March, 2011.
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF
COLORADO, By and Through Its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Sara J. Fisher
Commissioner
Commissioner `S seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll
having been called, the vote as as follows:
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Commissioner Runyon IL
Commissioner Fisher M
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This Resolution passed by () vote of the Board of County Commissioners of
the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.
April 2011 — Appendix K
County Animal Response Team
Eagle County Animal Emergency Response
Lead Agency
• Eagle County Animal Services
• Colorado State University Cooperative Extension —Eagle County
Support Agencies
• Eagle County Emergency • Eagle County Public health
Management • County GIS
• Fire, EMS, SAR • Eagle County Brand Inspector
• Law enforcement • Eagle County Humane Society
• Veterinary Professionals • Others
• Livestock associations
Purpose
This plan provides a collaborative framework for prevention, protection, preparedness, response
and recovery efforts related to management of companion animals, livestock, and other animals
during emergency events."
Scope
This plan addresses emergency management issues for Eagle County related to
companion, service /assistance animals, police or search and rescue animals, livestock and
other animal species, including:
1. Multi- agency coordination and planning
2. Resource management
3. Communications and public information
4. Mission essential tasks pertaining to animal response:
a. Rapid needs assessment
b. Animal evacuation
c. Transportation of animals and animal support materials
d. Animal sheltering
e. Animal food and water
f. Animal control /stray management
g. Animal search and rescue
h. Veterinary medical care and services
i. Animal decontamination
j. Animal disease management
k. Zoonotic disease management
1. Animal mortality management
m. Animal /owner reunion and recovery
5. Volunteer and donations management
6. Public outreach
7. Training and preparedness
8. Worker /volunteer health and safety
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County AniI*al Response Team
Situatio
• uthorities:
o "Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 ". Section 613, subsection
(g), of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5196b) "In approving standards for State and local emergency preparedness operational
plans pursuant to subsection (b) (3), the Director shall ensure that such plans take into
account the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals prior to, during,
and following a major disaster or emergency ".
o Colorado Disaster Emergency Act, 24- 32- 21creates the Colorado Division of Emergency
Management and 24 -32 -2107 charges each political subdivision with creation of a local
emergency management agency.
o The Colorado Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry has statutory
authority related to animal health (State Veterinarian 35 -50), in the prevention of animal
cruelty and neglect (Colorado Bureau of Animal Protection, 35 -42), the regulation of
companion animal industry (Pet Animal Care Facilities Act, 35 -80) and the supervision
of branded livestock identification, movement and ownership issues (Colorado Brand
Board, 35 -41).
o The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (multiple sections under
Title 25, CRS) has authorities related to public health that will intersect with animal
health and local jurisdictional public health authorities.
• Activation:
o This plan will be activated when a local incident commander identifies the need for the
Eagle County Animal Response Team (ECART).
o The ECART mission coordinators will be notified by the Vail Public Safety
Communications Center (VPSCC).
o The ECART Mission Coordinator will authorize activation to a response team as
necessary.
o Team members will respond to the designated check -in location for briefing and
assignment.
Plannin Assumptions
• Prioritized concerns for emergency management include:
1. Life safety for people
2. Protection of ro ert (with animals considered by many families and individuals as
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their highest property priority)
3. Protection of the environment
• Inability to evacuate animals is a leading cause of evacuation failure in disasters.
• Failure to evacuate may both endanger citizens and the emergency responders who attempt to
protect those citizens.
•I The American's Disabilities Act mandates that service animals must be treated as an
extension of a disabled person and must receive all needed services.
• Consideration for the care of search and rescue and law enforcement animals shall be
incorporated this plan.
• While most owners of pets and livestock will take reasonable steps evacuate, shelter and
provide for their animals, others cannot or will not take adequate actions for the protection of
their animals due to, for example; senior citizens, limited mobility, large numbers of animals
in their possession, language or cultural barriers.
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County Animal Response Team
• Some state agencies such as Colorado Division of Wildlife or Colorado Department of
Agriculture may have certain statutory responsibilities and local emergency plans must be
executed in cooperation with those agencies
• Animal populations should be estimated for each jurisdiction. An acceptable working
formula for Colorado for dogs and cats is:
• The Estimated number of households with companion animals in Eagle County
16,400. The number of dogs, cats, and pet birds is approximately 18,000.
• Other pets are harder to calculate but will include significant number of rabbits,
rodents, ferrets, reptiles (snakes, lizards and turtles), amphibians, fish and other
species.
• Livestock: CSU cooperative extension should be helpful in estimating the numbers
of equids (horses, ponies, mules and donkeys), Camelids (llamas, alpacas and
vicunas), poultry, "backyard/non- commercial" livestock, and commercial livestock.
Concept of Operations:
• County Animal Response Team (CART) Program
o The Eagle County Animal Response Team program is a network of community animal
agencies, organizations, businesses and volunteers organized to assist the
county /community in addressing animal issues during emergencies. The ECART
program will assist the county through:
• Planning assistance
• Acquisition of equipment and supplies
• Training
• Participation in exercises
• Community preparedness outreach
• Response
• Recovery
o Eagle County Animal Control and CSU Extension Service will serve as the lead agency
in the development and supervision of the ECART program and serve as the primary
contact for ECART network resources by the local emergency operations center and
incident command.
o The ECART program will coordinate with other CART programs within the Northwest
All- Hazards Emergency Management Region (NWAHEMR) and the Colorado
Veterinary Medical Foundation's Animal Emergency Management Program (AEMP)
concerning planning, training, outreach and resource mobilization.
• Command and management:
o Incident command: All animal response resources will be mobilized into the incident
command system authorized for response to the event. Self- deployment of unauthorized
resources will not be allowed as part of this plan.
o Multi- agency Coordination: Community animal resources will be coordinated through
the ECART liaison to the county emergency operations center in accordance with this
plan.
• Communications
o The County emergency operations center (EOC) will include an ECART liaison under
Emergency Support Function # 6 (ESF #6) Mass Care, Housing and Human Services
when animal issues are a significant element of an emergency.
o The lead agency will coordinate with incident command and county agencies to establish:
• Appropriate radio communications as necessary with ECART response groups
during an incident.
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• Appropriate telephone, Internet, or direct communications with ECART support
groups (sheltering, etc.)
o CART affiliated organizations will maintain appropriate contact with incident command
and the county EOC through the lead agency.
• blic information and warning pertaining to animal issues
o All incident information will be communicated to the public through the Joint
Information Center (JIC) in coordination with both the Incident Command and the Eagle
County Emergency Operations Center
Animal ission essential tasks:
(See the ttached matrix to identify lead and support entities for each mission area)
1. ii
apid needs assessment
a. After an incident, animal care and production resources must be assessed for damage,
including:
i. Veterinary hospitals
ii. Animal shelters
iii. Feed, agricultural supply, kennel, retail and other support facilities
b. The ECART team, with CSU Cooperative Extension acting as an liaison, will work with
the Eagle County damage assessment team to assist the county EOC in obtaining damage
assessments.
2. 4nimal evacuation and transportation:
a. Public transportation will allow service animals and properly secure companion animals
accompanying their owners to be transported with their owners during an evacuation.
b. When possible, the dispatch for companion animal transport should be coordinated with
dispatch for human transport in order for animals to be evacuated to the same locations as
their owners.
c. Animal transportation resources should be mobilized, provided identification and staged
to an appropriate location to support the movement of companion animals and livestock.
d. Identify lead and support entities for animal evacuation and transportation
3. Animal sheltering
a. Emergency shelters for citizens will provide sheltering services for service animals in the
possession of disabled persons.
. b. ECART will identify potential animal sheltering locations, including:
i. Animal sheltering locations in proximity to American Red Cross sheltering
locations and other sheltering sites that will enable owners to help care for their
own animals.
ii. Existing animal housing facilities that might be used during a disaster (animal
shelters, kennels, veterinary hospitals, etc.)
iii. Additional facilities that might be used for sheltering livestock and companion
animals (fairgrounds, warehouses, etc.)
c. ECART will acquire needed equipment and supplies for emergency animal sheltering and
provide necessary training for ECART personnel (including "just in time training).
d. Eagle County Animal Services will be the lead agency for animal sheltering with the
I Eagle County Humane Society functioning as a support agency.
4. Animal food and water:
a. Providing animal feed and water to pets, livestock and other animal populations
sheltering in place in areas impacted by a disaster
b. CSU Extension Service will be the lead agency for animal feed and water with Eagle
County Public Works and Fire agencies functioning in support roles.
5. Animal control/stray management
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County Animal Response Team
a. Basic animal control functions should be maintained during disasters to the extent
possible. Such functions include:
i. Responding to public reports related to stray animals or animal problems
ii. Animal bites
iii. Collection of stray animals
b. Eagle County Animal Services will be the lead agency in Animal Control/Stray Management.
6. Animal search and rescue
a. Only qualified and credentialed animal rescue personnel should be allowed to enter the
disaster site to perform animal search and rescue operations
b. Animal search and rescue personnel will need to support evacuation, allowing rescued
people to evacuate with their animals whenever possible.
c. Technical animal rescue (TAR) is defined as utilizing special equipment and techniques
to extract animals (including livestock) from hazardous circumstances such as vehicular
accidents, swift water, flood water, ice, collapsed buildings and other difficult situations.
TAR teams should be fully trained and equipped and credentialed. TAR teams may need
to be mobilized from outside the County by contacting the Colorado Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) at 720 - 852 -6656 during activations, AEMP at 720 - 218 -4692 or
the Colorado Division of Emergency Management Duty Officer at 303 - 279 -8855.
7. Wildlife management
a. Wildlife issues are under the statutory authority of the Colorado Division of Wildlife
(DOW).
b. Local jurisdictional authorities and ECART shall coordinate with DOW on the
management of wildlife issues during disasters.
8. Veterinary medical care and services will be needed for the following:
a. Care of injured or ill animals
b. Triage of animals recovered during animal search and rescue operations
c. Veterinary care and infection control programs at animal sheltering sites
d. Coordination with public health on zoonotic disease management
e. Animal disease management including emergency prescription assistance.
9. Animal decontamination capabilities are needed where:
a. Citizen decontamination is needed and companion animals accompany those citizens.
b. Animal SAR teams remove animals from a hazardous site
c. Animal disease management requires decontamination of animals prior to movement
d. The Regional Hazardous Material Association of Eagle County will be the lead agency
for animal decontamination.
10. Animal disease management
a. Animal disease management may include both emergencies involving foreign animal
diseases (economically significant animal diseases not found in the USA) or emergency
outbreaks of zoonotic (infecting both people and animals) diseases.
b. Animal disease management may involve multiple authorities, including federal, state
and local jurisdictions such as the Colorado Department of Agriculture State
Veterinarian and CDPHE Public Health Veterinarian.
c. Sub -tasks within animal disease management include:
i. Clinical diagnosis & laboratory confirmation
ii. Quarantine /enforcement
iii. Surveillance
iv. Epidemiology (tracing back and forward)
v. Appraisal and government indemnity payments
vi. Mortality management
vii. Decontamination
viii. Movement permits & compliance agreements
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County Animal Response Team
ix. Biosecurity & producer education
x. Mental health support for citizens impacted emotionally and economically
xi. Public outreach
xii. Repopulation and recovery
11. imal mortality management
a. Mortality management may include:
i. Euthanasia of injured or diseased animals or animals exposed to foreign animal
diseases.
ii. Management of carcasses of dead animals secondary to disease or disaster
12. imal /owner reunion and recovery:
a. Identification and tracking systems for displaced animals
b. Lost & found data management, including Web -based information when needed
c. Transportation of pets and livestock to their original locations
d. ECART participation in long -term recovery efforts and un -met needs committee
Voluntee , resource and donations management pertaining to animal response
1. lunteer management
a. The ECART lead shall be responsible for developing a volunteer management system in
cooperation with the Eagle County Emergency Manager.
b. Self- mobilization of volunteers without such a request will not be allowed.
2. Pre - credentialing and training standards
a. These training standards will be applicable to:
i. Volunteers affiliated with ECART directly
ii. Supervisory personnel from affiliated organizations that may be supervising
ECART volunteers during emergency situations.
iii. Volunteers that want to be available for mobilization to another jurisdiction
through the CO Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (COVMRC) and inter-
jurisdictional mutual aid agreements.
b. ECART basic training standards will include:
i. IS -100 Incident Command Systems
ii. IS -700 National Incident Management System
iii. CO CART Introductory Training: Awareness level training available through
AEMP.
c. Additional training recommended for supervisory personnel includes:
i. IS -10a and IS -11a: FEMA Animal in Disaster independent study modules
ii. IS -111: Livestock in Disasters (FEMA Independent Study)
iii. IS -200: Incident Command System
d. Persons completing a CART volunteer agreement, a background check through the Eagle
County Sheriff's Office and signing a volunteer agreement with the county will be issued
an ECART name badge for identification as an ECART responder.
3. Re source management:
a. ECART will compile a list and contact information for county animal and
agricultural resources. This list will help provide information on available
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• County Animal Response Team
resources as well as an inventory of resources that need to be evaluated during
damage assessment operations.
b. Any animal or agricultural resources that can be typed using NIMS resource
typing standards will be included them into the Colorado State Resource
Mobilization database (Colorado Connect) by Eagle County Emergency
Management.
c. Additional resources that are not "typed" should be listed separately in a manner
useful to the ECART liaison at the local EOC.
d. During emergencies, requests for additional resources should be routed through:
i. Incident command
ii. The Eagle County EOC
1. Mutual aid with other counties
2. Aid from the state through the Colorado Multi- Agency
Coordination Center (MACC)
3. Aid from Federal agencies and national non - governmental
agencies through the Colorado MACC.
4. Donations management
a. All requests for donations by the ECART or ECART affiliated organizations will
be processed through the Donations Management Team at the county EOC.
b. All public information releases requesting donations should be routed through the
Joint Information Center and coordinated with both the incident command and
county EOC.
Preparedness
Public outreach
1. Citizen preparedness
o Citizen preparedness outreach activities for the county should include messages
encouraging owners to include pets and livestock within their family emergency
plan.
o ECART programs will coordinate outreach actions with Eagle County Emergency
Management, the Western Colorado Chapter of the American Red Cross and
messages from other voluntary organizations.
2. Business contingency planning for animal and agricultural facilities
o ECART affiliated organizations that operate animal facilities will develop basic
business emergency contingency plans for those facilities, including evacuation,
shelter in place, and basic business continuity elements.
o ECART should encourage all animal and agricultural facilities within the county
do develop basic business emergency plans.
o ECART should identify high risk facilities such as, large agricultural production
operations, and large boarding facilities for pets/horses and these facilities should
be considered when doing a rapid needs assessment after an incident.
Training and exercises
1. The ECART network and affiliated organizations should provide periodic training for
individual volunteers and organizations.
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County Ani 1 Response Team
2 The ECART network will be asked by emergency management to participate in all
appropriate emergency training and exercises.
3 The lead agencies will work to ensure that ECART representatives are present at all
appropriate planning meetings and emergency exercises.
Organiz tional Summaries:
For each applicable organization provide:
1. ame of organization
2. Responsibilities for which the organization provides a lead role or support role
Eagle County Animal Services Responsibilities:
1; Lead agency for County Animal Response Team development and coordination
21 Shared lead with CSU Cooperative Extension for coordination of rapid needs assessments
3; Support agency for the evacuation and transportation of livestock
4; Lead agency for the evacuation and transportation of companion and other animals
5; Support agency for the sheltering of livestock
61 Support agency for the sheltering of companion and other animals
7, Shared lead with CSU Cooperative Extension on the provision of emergency animal feed and
water
8; Lead agency for animal control and stray management operations
9; Lead agency for animal search and rescue operations
1p. Support agency for the coordination of veterinary medical care
11. Support agency for wildlife management
12. Support agency for animal decontamination
13. Support agency for animal disease management
14. Lead agency for animal/owner reunion and recovery efforts
1$. Unified lead with the County EOC Donations Management Team for volunteer and donations
management
10. Support agency for communications and public information
1 . Support agency for training and exercises
1 . Support agency for preparedness and outreach efforts
Review nd modification: This plan will be reviewed by emergency management and the
ECART network on an annual basis with changes submitted for approval by the Eagle County
Commis$ioners.
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American Red Cross S S S S S S
Animal Services U SL S S U L L S S S S L U S S S
Boarding Kennels S S S
CERT (potential roles) S S S S S S S S S
Chamber of commerce/business S S
community
County fairgrounds S U S
CSU Extension Service U L U S U S S S S S S
CO Division of Wildlife S S L S S
CO Department of Agriculture S S S S L S
CO Veterinary Medical S S S S S S S S S S S SS
Foundation - Animal Emergency
Management Program
CO Brand Inspector S S S S S S S
Fire Department(s) S
Environmental health/land fill S S S
Law enforcement/sheriff S S S S S S S S S S
Livestock association(s) and S S S S S S S
individual producers
Joint Information Center/PIO S S S S
GIS S S S S S S
Public Health S S S S S S S US L S
Public Works /facilities S S S S
Search & Rescue S S S S
Veterinary Community S S S S S S S S S L U S S S S S
VOAD or equivalent orgs S S S S S S
All designations are provided as an example and will vary with each jurisdiction
EOC = Emergency Operations Center
2 CERT = Community Emergency Response Team (Citizen Corps)
3 PIO = Public Information Officer
4 GIS = Geographic information systems
5 VOAD = Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (local, state, and national)
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