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ANIMAL EVACUATION
You’ve taken steps to help keep your family and home
fire safe. Don’t forget your pets and livestock. With some
advanced planning, you can increase their chances of
surviving a wildfire.
1. Clear Defensible Space
around your barns, pastures,
and property just as you do
your home.
2. Contact your local fairgrounds,
stockyards, equestrian
centers, friends, etc. about
their policies and ability to
temporarily take livestock in an
emergency.
3. Have vaccination/medical
records, registration papers,
and photographs of your
animals (proof of ownership).
4. If you must leave your animals,
leave them in a pre-selected,
cleared area. If appropriate,
leave enough hay for
48 to 72 hours.
• Leave water for your
animals. Do not rely on
automatic watering systems,
as a power outage could
occur or the water system
become compromised.
5. Arrange in advance for a
neighbor to check on or
transport your pets in case
you are not home when
disaster strikes.
6. Make sure that each animal
has its own pet carrier, as
appropriate.
• Birds, rodents, and reptiles
should be transported in
cages covered with a light
sheet or cloth to minimize
their fear.
7. Make sure your pets are
always wearing properly
fitted collars with personal
identification, rabies and
license tags.
8. Plan where you will take your
pets and select an alternate
prearranged location as
well.
• In the event of evacuation,
pets may not be allowed
inside human emergency
shelters.
9. Prepare your livestock
disaster preparedness kit.
10. Prepare your pet disaster
preparedness kit.
Scan the QR code below to
find what items to include in
your livestock and pet disaster
preparedness kit.
• Make sure your neighbors
have your contact numbers
(cell phone, work, home,
etc.).
LIVESTOCK AND PET
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
KIT INSTRUCTIONS
ReadyforWildfire.org/animal-evacuation
