Plan and Prepare for Incidents Involving Animals

These films provide an update to the previous foundation module “10 Steps to Situational Awareness,” focusing on how emergency responders interact with animals across various incident types.

The updated module introduces new tools, including the “Select Model” for briefing and debriefing, as well as the “Six R’s” of intervention.

The session aims to provide opportunities for interpreting incidents and understanding how animals act as “cross-cutters” factors that fundamentally change the dynamics, risks, and management of any operational context.

To effectively manage incidents, Jim emphasises the necessity of assessing urgency, potential risks to humans and animals, required skill sets, and the appropriate level of command and control. The “Six Rs of intervention” provide a framework for these operations.

This film outlines the importance of pre-planning for emergency incidents involving animals to ensure responders are prepared.

This film outlines the importance of pre-planning the levels of response for emergency incidents involving animals to ensure incidents are correctly resourced.

This film outlines three categorised levels of urgency when mobilising to incidents involving animals – Time Critical, Urgent (Emergency) response and Non Emergency Welfare Assist.

Here we look at key learning points regarding animal viability assessments and the emotional impact of rescue operations.

Here we look again at the case study of a dog trapped in a hot car, first seen in the Initial 10 Steps package, to illustrate the learning points for initial response crews.

Finally we look at the S.E.L.E.C.T. model and how it is used to determine appropriate actions at a small animal incident being dealt with by initial crews.