Colorado SART

Federal Resources: Government

Department of Homeland Security: www.dhs.gov

United States Department of Agriculture: www.usda.gov

Index of USDA departments: http://www.usda.gov/services.html
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): http://www.aphis.usda.gov
Veterinary Services (APHIS): http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs
Farm Service Agency: http://www.usda.gov/fsa
Food Safety and Inspection Service, FSIS: http://www.usda.gov/fsis
U.S. Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us
Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, CSREES: http://www.reeusda/gov
Agricultural Research Service, ARS: http://www.ars.usda.gov

Department of Homeland Security Public Education Site
• www.ready.gov

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• www.cdc.gov

Disasterhelp.gov (President’s Disaster E-Help Initiative)
• www.disasterhelp.gov

National Interagency Fire Center: http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html

National Animal Health Emergency Management System
• NAHEMS home page: http://www.usaha.org/NAHEMS/
• State Animal Emergency Plans http://www.usaha.org/NAHEMS/plans.html

Extension Disaster Education Network
• http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
• www.noaa.gov
• National Weather Service: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/

National Wildfire Coordination Group (NWCG): Incident Command forms and other resources - a very useful site!
• http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pms.htm

Natural Hazards Center (University of Colorado)
• http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/

Other National Resources:

National Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD)
• www.nvoad.org

American Red Cross
• www.redcross.org
• pet first aid
• companion animal safety
• livestock safety

National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
• www.nema.org

International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
• http://www.iaem.com/index.shtml

National Animal Emergency Resources:

North Carolina State Animal Response Team (SART)
• www.ncsart.org

American Humane
• www.americanhumane.org

Code 3 Associates
• http://www.code3associates.org

Humane Society of the United States
• www.hsus.org

Livestock Resources

United States Animal Health Association:
• www.usaha.org

National Livestock Producers Association
• http://www.nlpa.org
• Links to numerous livestock organizations