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April is a great time to start thinking about your pets and your plans for keeping them prepared for disasters or emergencies. Here's a quick list to help ensure we are prepared and to start planning ahead: ✅ Make sure your pets are current on vaccinations ✅ Ensure current information is on engraved ID tags attached to their collars ✅ Check that microchips are registered and your info is up-to-date ✅ Print out current copies of their medical records ✅ Take current photos of you and your animals and save to your mobile device ✅ Creating a go bag with extra food and water bowl, a leash, and a crate. How will you become better prepared in case of emergency or disaster? For more info, visit our website at www.napacart.org #napa #napacounty #disasterpreparedness #emergencyresponse

Happy Halloween! How are you and your animal companions celebrating? Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday! Please help us spread awareness by sharing this graphic from the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center. Special thanks to ASPCApro & ASPCA for all that they do! #halloween2024 #napacounty

What's included in your Red Flag Day routine or PSPS (Public Safety Power Shutdown) preparations for your animals? We recommend: ✅ Filling extra water troughs - horses can drink up to 20 gallons on a hot day ✅Be prepared for automatic waterers and electric fencing to be without power ✅Buy block ice or freeze water bottles - can be used as cooling options ✅Stage coolers for food and medications that need to be kept cold ✅Adequate supplies and food for your pets ✅Back up lighting sources (and batteries) - lanterns, flashlights, headlamps, etc ✅Secure fuel for generators and vehicles - gas stations may be closed ✅Inspecting vehicles and trailers to make sure all is in working order ✅Stage carriers, crates and trailers - for rapid exit, if needed ✅Open (or at least know how to manually open) electric gates and garage doors Let us know what else we can add to this list! #napa #napacounty #napavalley #disasterplanning

Do you have a first aid kit for your pets? If you travel with your animals and they are injured or evacuated, a first aid kit can buy you time until a veterinarian becomes available. Talk with your veterinarian about the contents of that kit and check it annually to make sure your supplies are not expired. These are a few items for a large animal kit - What would you add to this list? ✔️ Thermometer (digital) ✔️ Stethoscope ✔️ Wrap material ✔️ Medium sized baby diaper (foot wrap) ✔️ Duct tape ✔️ Bandage scissors ✔️ Medical gloves ✔️ Saline solution ✔️ Bic shaver ✔️ Luggage tags – completed with horse information/contact information ✔️ Recent print out of vaccination status from your veterinarian ✔️ Eye ointment-non steroid ✔️ Wound spray ✔️ Banamine Paste (oral anti-inflammatory) ✔️ 7 days worth of any prescription medications ✔️ Head lamp ✔️ Pair of readers or magnifying glass What else would you add to this list?

Does your horse load easily onto a trailer? Napa CART animal search and rescue volunteers receive valuable training from experts in our field, including renowned horse trainer Jerry Tindell (photos are from a prior training). We are so grateful for these insights - helping us learn critical tools for safely loading horses on various types of trailers and so much more! Are you and your horses ready to evacuate, if needed? Want to become a Napa CART volunteer? Visit our website at www.napacart.org for more info. #napa #napavalley #napacounty

FIRE Weather Watch: From the US National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey California: Offshore winds of 20-30 mph with gusts to 40 mph, isolated gusts to 50 mph across the highest terrain and ridgetops in tandem with daytime relative humidity as low as 15% will result in critical fire weather conditions Thursday [10/17] - Saturday [10/19]. Are you and your animals prepared? We want to ensure we are prepared – here’s some things you can do today to plan ahead: ✔️ Review the list of recommended items for your Pet and Home Emergency Kits at https://lnkd.in/dvm5Ehjh ✔️ Learn more about putting your Pet Disaster Kit together by visiting https://lnkd.in/dKeBAhAF ✔️ Make an evacuation plan with your family – learn more at https://lnkd.in/dVpP8_J3 and be sure to practice this plan. ✔️ Review the Napa CART Individual Disaster Preparedness Presentation for an outline of preparedness planning information at https://lnkd.in/d9UYsDuB If we have a Red Flag Day ensure: ✔️ Trailers are hooked up, parked facing out, fueled up. ✔️ Plenty of water set out for all animals. ✔️ Animals are in a pasture where you can get them quickly. ✔️ Create a well lighted area where you could load them if you needed to ✔️ Make sure you have the option to load animals and leave early. We owe it to our families and to our animals to make sure that we have a plan, and that we practice that plan.

Do you have a Red Flag Day Routine? We never want to leave animals behind in a fire, but human safety always comes first. In a fast moving fire, time can run out for animals who are difficult to catch or unwilling to load up. Part of your Red Flag Day Routine can include staging defensible space with water and supplies needed to support animals who may be left behind. For more information about preparing homes for wildfires, visit the National Fire Protection Association's website at https://lnkd.in/gAMsnvu

Are you and your animals red flag day ready? As we approach the anniversary of the 2017 Wine Country Fires, we want to ensure we are prepared – here’s some things you can do today to plan ahead: ✔️ Review the list of recommended items for your Pet and Home Emergency Kits at https://lnkd.in/dvm5Ehjh ✔️ Learn more about putting your Pet Disaster Kit together by visiting https://lnkd.in/dKeBAhAF ✔️ Make an evacuation plan with your family – learn more at https://lnkd.in/dVpP8_J3 and be sure to practice this plan. ✔️ Review the Napa CART Individual Disaster Preparedness Presentation for an outline of preparedness planning information at https://lnkd.in/d9UYsDuB If we have a Red Flag Day ensure: ✔️ Trailers are hooked up, parked facing out, fueled up. ✔️ Plenty of water set out for all animals. ✔️ Animals are in a pasture where you can get them quickly. ✔️ Create a well lighted area where you could load them if you needed to ✔️ Make sure you have the option to load animals and leave early. We owe it to our families and to our animals to make sure that we have a plan, and that we practice that plan. How are you preparing for emergencies?

Upcoming Heat Advisory & Possible Power Shut Offs: The US National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey California has issued a Heat Advisory Monday - Wednesday. And PG&E warns customers of 13 California counties of possible power shutoffs, including Napa County. Here's a few basic tips to consider help prepare in case your power goes out: ✔️ Keep important phone numbers, such as numbers of hospitals, fire departments, police, friends and relatives in a convenient location in case you need emergency help or other assistance. ✔️ Ensure your cell phone is charged and a full tank of gas. ✔️ Keep a flashlight with extra, fresh batteries in a convenient place. ✔️ Ensure that food stays cold by keeping your refrigerator and freezer doors closed. You can keep the refrigerator cold by placing ice in plastic containers inside it. A full freezer stays colder, longer. To learn more about preparing yourself and your animals, visit: https://lnkd.in/ggwH3Bnt What would you add to this list? Let us know, in the comments!

From @CalFire "As fall begins, we urge Californians to stay 🔥 alert and ready for potential evacuations in case of a wildfire. Many of the state’s most destructive wildfires have occurred in the fall. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/gnpDRV3q "