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Duties
Help shelters and pet owners prepare for and cope with large-scale emergencies such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and terrorist threats.
Education & Background
Disaster relief specialists need to learn many skills through education and experience, including knowledge of animal and human responses to stress, interpersonal communication skills, and ability to organize people and supplies quickly and efficiently.
Read about the experiences of
Humane Society International Asia's
Regional Director Sherry Grant on the ground leading disaster relief efforts across Asia
Read about Chief Operating Officer
Adam Parascandola's
experiences responding to Hurricane Katrina
(from the March-April issue of Animal Sheltering magazine)
Professional Development
The National Conference on Animals in Disaster — an annual event sponsored by The HSUS
Animal Disaster Response Training — dates for 2006 sessions of Disaster Animal Response Training (DART) and Emergency Animal Sheltering (EAS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Independent Study Program developed in collaboration with The HSUS
Volunteer for the HSUS Disaster Animal Response Team
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Disaster Relief Specialist
