Everything Pets; Cincinnati, Ohio
April 11 – 13, 2008

BART and the Code 3 Team attended the “Everything Pets Expo” at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio this weekend. We had thousands of people tour BART and talk to the team about what Code 3 does to help the animals during disasters. The team also talked to attendees about disaster planning for their own animals giving out hundreds of Disaster Kit lists for Dogs, Cats, Equine, Avian and Reptile.

Thursday April 3, 2008

The Code 3 team was getting ready to set up at the Indianapolis State Fair Ground for the Hoosier Horse Fair & Expo when we received a call from The Humane Society of Missouri to redeploy to Sikeston, MO to assist with flooding and possible flooding issues.

The Code 3 team left Indianapolis and traveled to Sikeston to meet up with Brian Williams from HSMO at the Regional EOC. After checking in we bunked down for the night while remaining on call for emergency assistance.

Friday April 4, 2008

The Code 3 team met up with the team from Humane Society of Missouri and established a base camp. The teams split up to do assessments of areas of concern.

The Caruthersville area had moderate flooding with some areas the Caruthersville Humane Society could not access with out 4 wheel drives.

The teams remained on stand by for possible levee failure in Butler County.

Saturday April 5, 2008

The teams deployed to Caruthersville to assist with accessing areas with our 4 wheel drives. They talked with residents about possible problems with continued flooding and livestock in flooded pastures. The teams assisted with getting several horses back into their pastures.

Sunday April 6, 2008

The Code 3 team and The Humane Society of Missouri demobilized.

The Code 3 team will be leaving to attend Everything Pets in Ohio.