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Tag Archives: Josh Slater
Smokey Paws Multi Agency Training Day
At a recent weekend multi agency training day BARTA teamed up with the wonderful team at Smokey Paws, a non-profit organisation, to create a new training resource for first responders who use Smokey Paws oxygen therapy masks when pets are involved in emergencies and disasters. This is the beginning of a suite of training offerings from BARTA who are developing the trauma care aspect of Incidents Involving Animals in line with National Operational Guidance for the fire and rescue service. BARTA Director Jim Green said, “Provision of oxygen therapy masks for pets through charitable donations is a really worthy cause and allows emergency services to give greater support to families in trouble by helping their pets too. With 50% of households owning animals and many regarded as family members, there is a societal expectation, legal and moral duty for responders to … Continue reading →
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Tagged animal rescue, BARTA, British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care, BVA, Canine Mannequin, Cat first aid, Dealing with incidents involving animals, Dog first aid, Emergency Responder Training, Emergency Services Show, helping pets in fires, incidents involving animals - meeting societal needs, Jim Green, Josh Slater, National Fire Chiefs Council, O2 for pets, Oxygen therapy for pets, RSPCA, Smokey Paws
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Wildfires – a personal story
This time last year Jim Green our Director of Operations and his family were in California whilst Jim was working for the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Doctor’s John Madigan and Claudia Sonder invited me to support them in further integrating animal issues during emergencies and disasters within the veterinary and first responder communities. The year was deemed to be exceptional in regard to disaster in northern California with extreme incidences of both fire and flood. During the 2017 wildfires in Sonoma County, myself and the Student Veterinary Emergency Team led by Dr John Madigan supported Animal Control at shelters and behind evacuation lines. They provided welfare and evacuation for animals left behind as the fires overran communities with speed and unpredictability. In 2018 those extreme fires have returned and as I write this families are without homes, emergency … Continue reading →
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Tagged animal rescue, animal rescue in the USA, BARTA, BCVA, BEVA, British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care, BVA, Dealing with incidents involving animals, Emergency Responder Training, Jim Green, Josh Slater, National Fire Chiefs Council, The Horse Trust, UC Davis Incidents involving animals, wildfires
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Wearing PPE… a culture change for vets
The culture is changing in the veterinary industry as a whole and wearing helmets is now common and becoming normal. This is mainly because of mandatory policies in relation to competitions and local policies set at many yards. BEVA is raising awareness of the importance of equine behaviour modification, equine behaviour assessment, risk assessment and risk reduction (including PPE and helmets). Professor Josh Slater says, “The time is right for the equine vet profession to fully engage with helmet use. Our vet schools all have helmet policies, some mandatory (i.e. wear helmets at all times when working around animals) and others are risk based, but each year of new graduates from 2018 onward will be “used to wearing helmets.” “The really pleasing thing is that students seem to be embracing helmets and we certainly don’t see any signs of reluctance … Continue reading →
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Tagged animal rescue, BARTA, BCVA, BEVA, Britishanimal Rescue and Trauma Care Association, BVA, Equine Training, Future Safety, Jim Green, Josh Slater, National Fire Chiefs Council, NFCC, Professor Josh Slater, RVC, Safety Helmets, Vet Medical Training, Vet PPE, Vet Safety
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National Equine Forum
Jim Green, Director of BARTA was awarded the Sir Colin Spedding Award for equine welfare at the 25th National Equine Forum in 2017 and was invited to deliver the memorial lecture in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal at this year’s event. This was held at the 26th National Equine Forum on the 8th March 2018 at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in Westminster, London. Jim talked about the history of the rescue initiative, current provision in the UK and future challenges. The event was live-streamed and Jim also spoke to HorseHour about the animal incidents that he has attended and the initiatives that he has been involved in… 26th National Equine Forum 2018 Live Stream (recorded) HorseHour Podcast
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