Agriculture Department

CART
Community Animal Response Team

What is CART?

A Community Animal Response Team (CART) program is a network of animal and animal-agricultural resources that are available for planning, prevention, protection, mobilization, response, and recovery related to emergency incidents within their community. 

Meetings

If you would like to be involved, come out to one of these schedules meetings for either Horses or Domestic Pets.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

Chesapeake CART meets at 7:00 p.m. the last Monday night of each month in the Extension Trailer across from the Planetarium Building at corner of Holt and Shea Drive in municipal complex. map »

Community Animal Response Team (CART) Resources

City of Chesapeake - CART

• Animal Care and Holding Survey - pdf format
  If you have a facility that would be available for animals during an emergency, please fill out this form form and return to:

• Community Animal Response Team (CART) Volunteer Form
  pdf format
  If you are interested in volunteering for CART, please fill out this form and check which skills you have, what you are willing to do, and provide brief medical/vaccination history information.

• Community Animal Response Team (CART)
  Animals in Disaster Task Force - August 9, 2007
  69-page presentation in pdf format (3,306 kb)
  If you are interested in volunteering for CART, please fill out this form and check which skills you have, what you are willing to do, and provide brief medical/vaccination history information.

• Keeping Your Animals Safe (PSA) - pdf format
  Some general tips to do prior to a disaster.

 

Emergency Management Office
304 Albemarle Dr.
Chesapeake, VA 23322
(757)382-6504
Fax: (757) 382-8228
Email: EMOffice@cityofchesapeake.net

State Animal Response Team (SART) Resources

In today’s world, we all worry about the threat of a natural or man-made disaster. Animals are especially vulnerable when a disaster strikes because they must rely on us for help. In 1998, Hurricane Floyd claimed the lives of millions of animals in North Carolina, and thousands more were separated from their owners. Many of these animals could have been saved by a coordinated response plan. From this tragedy, the State Animal Response Team (SART) concept was born. In 2006, Virginia adopted this concept to address its animal-related disaster response needs.

 

State of Virginia - VASART

• Virginia State Animal Response Team (VASART) Manual
  257-page manual in pdf format (8,662 kb)

• Virginia State Animal Response Team (VASART) Brochure - pdf format

 

Virginia State Animal Response Team
2314 C Commerce Center Drive
Rockville, VA 23146
Phone: (804) 749-8058
Fax: (804) 749-8003
Email: VirginiaSART@aol.com

 

• Virginia State Animal Response Team
  (Virginia Veterinary Medical Association)

• Preparing for Pets & Livestock in Emergencies
  48-page presentation in pdf format (465 kb)

 

Virginia Public Safety Outreach Conference
Williamsburg, VA
November 15-17, 2006

State of North Carolina - NC SART

• North Carolina Animal Rescue Team (NC SART) - website
  SART was founded in North Carolina after Hurricane Floyd, during which more than 3 million domestic and farm animals were lost. Many could have been saved by a coordinated emergency response plan.
  

  North Carolina Animal Disaster Sheltering Resources

  View NC SART in action - video
  

  State Animal Response Team
  P.O. Box 33038
  Raleigh, NC 27636-5212
  1-888-989-SART

  For General Information:

  Leonard Bull
  Executive Director
  Email: leonard_bull@ncsu.edu
  1-888-989-SART
  Email: leonard_bull@ncsu.edu

  For questions about the site:
  support@sartusa.org