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The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS) was a bi-partisan initiative in the United States House of Representatives to require states seeking Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance to accommodate pets and service animals in their plans for evacuating residents facing disasters. [1]
The Stafford Act was amended by the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act) in 2006, and the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) in 2018. FEMA was put in charge of procuring medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. [28]
Red Paw Emergency Relief Team was conceived as a pilot program to develop a new kind of emergency response resource for animals. [4] In 2006, the United States Congress recognized the importance of including pets in mass disaster planning with the passage of the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act, but no similar provision exists for victims of smaller scale disasters at the ...
Failure to include pets in disaster evacuations not only affects the pets that are left behind, but it is also an issue of public health and safety, writes Robin Chadwin.
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New Partnership Keeps Homeless Families Together with Their Pets PetSmart and Family Promise launch PetSmart Promise program PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new national program will help temporarily ...
Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006: An act to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency
More than 100,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders, the mayor said. The fires destroyed more than 1,000 homes, businesses, and other structures, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony ...