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DATE |
EVENT |
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January 15 – February 7 |
Cohort 1 Training & Graduation - first 24 animal disaster responders graduated from a 20-hour Disaster Animal Response Team (DART) training in Moraga |
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March 7 & 8 |
Noah’s Wish Training – several Lamorinda DART members participated in Noah’s Wish in-field disaster animal response training program in Dublin, California |
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April - May |
PEP Training, Martinez – several Lamorinda DART members participated in first (and last) Contra Costa County Pet Emergency Preparedness training at Animal Services |
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May 30 |
Walnut Creek – Animal Shelter Drill – DART and PEP members set up emergency animal shelter as part of Walnut Creek CERT, Buena Vista “earthquake” drill |
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July 4 |
Lamorinda DART members held tabling event & classes at Moraga Commons as part of pet emergency preparedness campaign to help pet owners prepare for disasters. |
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August 8 -10 |
San Ramon Valley DART Training – DART, PEP and Noah’s Wish members organized first CORE DART training for San Ramon Valley CERT graduates at San Ramon Valley Fire Station. |
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August 14 – 16 |
Lockheed Fire, Santa Cruz – Lamorinda DART & PEP volunteers deployed with Noah’s Wish to staff an emergency animal shelter at Santa Cruz Fairgrounds |
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September 10 – October 3 |
Cohort 2 Training & Graduation – second group of animal disaster responders graduated from a 20-hour Disaster Animal Response Team (DART) training |
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September 19 |
Contra Costa Animal Services, Martinez –DART and PEP team volunteers helped redistribute and organize the contents of Contra Costa County’s animal emergency response trailers |
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October 2 |
San Ramon Disaster Drill - DART, PEP & Noah’s Wish volunteers helped to set up and staff a simulated emergency animal shelter. |
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October 10 |
Lamorinda DART volunteers participated in tabling event at Moraga Fire Station as part of emergency preparedness campaign to help pet owners prepare for disasters. |
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October 18 |
Lamorinda CERT Drill – Orinda - Lamorinda DART volunteers simulated an animal shelter and provided just-in-time training for 60 CERT volunteers who were assigned to DART to staff an emergency animal shelter. |
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November 7 |
Walnut Creek CERT Drill – DART and PEP team members set up emergency animal shelter as part of a mobilization and drill exercise for CERT graduates |
| November 12 |
Anniversary dinner marking successful completion of Larmorinda DART program for cohorts 1 and 2. Farewell for DART instructor and Noah's Wish Coordinator, Charlie Cosby. |
