Are you, your home, and your barn ready for severe summer weather?

This summer, and likely for many to come, equestrians and their equine and livestock companions everywhere are facing epic challenges from extreme heat, fire weather, wildfires, and severe storms. As climate conditions evolve, we are finding ourselves facing weather we’ve never dealt with before.

If you and/or your equines live in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI), chances are high that you’ll be affected by wildfire, directly or indirectly, this summer and fall. Many parts of the world are already experiencing flooding, hurricanes and other types of severe storms. The time to plan and prepare is NOW.

July’s SummerEquine Safety & Prep Bulletin is your guide to awareness and readiness. In it, you’ll find tools to help you get yourself set for safety, and able to step up to be an equestrian community preparedness leader .

In the bulletin, you’ll find links to:

Personal and Equine DisasterPrep

• Disaster Plan Guides to help you create or     update your personal and family emergency plans.
• Links to Emergency Services websites 
• Barn & Ranch Safety Workbooks
• Safety Self-Assessment checklist to help you     evaluate your awareness and prioritize your “Prep To-Do” projects
• An Equine Boarding Facility Survey packet 
• Bilingual Animal Emergency Prep guides for your Spanish-speaking workers and bilingual managers.
• A great packet with important tips and reminders for travel with your animals and/or your animal sitters and proprietors of horse-camping sites.

EQUINE HEALTH During and AfterDisasters

• Articles by leading veterinarians on Equine health impacts of smoke, floodwater, and nearby wildfire.
• CVET Equine Disaster Care Guidelines.
• First-Aid Kit Check Kit Resources (Equine Guelph, etc.)
• Download the UC Davis Center for Equine Emergency Preparedness poster.

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