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Central Massachusetts Disaster Animal Response Team (CMDART) is an organization that assists the community with emergency preparedness for pets and animals. We usually meet the first Tuesday of every month. However for June - We have training sessions planned in place of a regular meeting on June 2, 11th, and Saturday June 13 , 8:30-1. This is to prepare us for the flood, hurricane, and ice season.

                                                                         

CMDART requests your assistance in finding suitable animal facility that could be used as emergency pet shelters. Ideally, these facilities would be adjacent or reasonably near the town's emergency shelter for humans. Contact the Emergency Manager or Fire Department to find out the Emergency Shelter in your area.

We have shelter survey forms to aid assessment and would be glad to help follow up on locations you may consider possible.

Click here for CMDART's Animal Facility Form:

Animal Facility Form in Adobe PDF format

or here Animal Facility Form in Microsoft Word 

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Got the right stuff? Like to work with stuff?

    The Central Massachusetts Disaster Animal Response Team, Inc. (CMDART, Inc) is looking for volunteers  to assist with the "Logistics" function of our team. Logistics is the ordering, organizing, and sometimes the transport of equipment before, after and during an emergency event. We are primarily looking for people who can order, organize, inventory and keep our equipment ready for service.. (Click here for more info)

Vendors & Retailers Needed

bulk food is ready!We are looking for food vendors or small retailers who are interested in signing up as a potential source for emergency pet food for CMDART. Please contact CMDART's webmaster if you can help!

MAC

Massachusetts Animal Coalition “I’m Animal Friendly” License Plates Filling Massachusetts Roadways

Several Thousand Animals Have Been Spay/Neutered as a Result of Program Grants

Massachusetts drivers are letting their love for animals show while aiding efforts to ease the state’s homeless pet problem when they proudly display their “I’m Animal Friendly” license plates.

Click here for more info

 

Pet-friendly hotels in the area (PDF)*

 

Hotel Manners with your pet (PDF)*

 * You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files. Click here to download the free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader if you do not have it.

 

June Animal Sheltering Workshops

click here for printable pdf version 

 

Girls Inc.,  125 Providence St , Worcester off 146 McKeon & Vernon

  RSVP required webmaster@cmdart.org or call 508-380-4722.

These will be hands on experiential workshops, not just  presentations.

 

Thursday June 11- Incident Command credentialing 5-7

                      Intake - Emergency Animal Sheltering I - 7:15-9:30    

                      Review of standard forms, intake skills,

                      screening for emergent volunteers, record keeping

Note: A NIMS overview will be presented, but no NIMS certification these evenings.

Optional small group or on-line member support will be offered to complete NIMS 700.

Please indicate whether you are registering for the ICS course also when you RSVP.

and

Saturday morning, June 13

     Emergency Animal Sheltering  II               8:30am-1pm

     Pre-requisite EAS I - course on June 11 (or June 2).                                                                          

 

Cost for total program $35.00 (tax deductable)

 

Note: Anyone who brings two new members who complete the course from ICS through the June 13 training, will get their personal training for free.

You will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion. 

July and August - no team meetings

 Suggested Assignment for the summer...

* Improve your personal go kits with three new items.

*  Search for a facility that might be suitable as an emergency animal shelter. Accompany CMDART and complete the facilities form for this location. Try to get a location near where the human shelter site is located. Ask your  towns Emergency Manager where the human shelters are located.

 

 

Donations
CMDART, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization. Donations are always accepted, needed, 
and very much appreciated! 
If you can make a donation, please send a check to:
Central Massachusetts Disaster Animal Response Team, PO Box 1317, Douglas, MA 01516 
Let us know if you need a receipt. THANK YOU!!
 
CMDART Wish List
Click here for a suggested list of items needed. Please NO FOOD of any kind and no dog houses as we do not have 
space for those. Crates/kennels must be sanitized and collapsible. CMDART is a 501(c)3 non-profit tax deductible 
organization. Receipts can be made available. Please also note that CMDART is desperately looking for a good, 
used 5x 8 enclosed utility trailer to use to haul public education supplies 
and equipment. 
 
We really, really need some folks to volunteer to make fund-raising baskets or other items that we can raffle at our booths at booths. 
Anyone available to make a few baskets or fund-raising items. Please, please notify debi@jungleencounters.org. 
THANK YOU for your kindness and generosity!!!
 

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