About

Our Livestock Emergency Response Team assists livestock owners in the state of

Oregon with evacuation and sheltering during disasters, such as wildfires. In Oregon,

“livestock” refers to any domesticated farm animal, including bees. We can also respond

to large animal emergency incidents, such as pulling a cow out of a mud hole, righting a

horse cast in a stall, and managing and extracting animals in an overturned trailer

event.

In a perfect world, everyone has Go Bags for themselves and emergency kits for their

animals, a plan for evacuation, sheltering and reunification, and the resources to do so.

Our blue skies goals include promotion and education around disaster and emergency

preparedness for livestock owners and the general public. We host and participate in

community events, trainings and classes, present to groups, and provide individual farm

consultations.

The First Livestock Pre-Registration Program

We are excited to be piloting the country’s first livestock pre-registration program. We

have partnered with Relief Compass to provide an app where livestock owners in

Oregon can pre-register to be included in our statewide database. This will provide our

team with a more accurate estimation of resources needed to respond, the ability to

focus on high-risk populations and community members with access and functional

needs, and most importantly the ability to communicate directly with those who are pre-

registered. If you pre-register and reside in an area that becomes threatened by

disaster, we can communicate with you to coordinate evacuation or response, and/or

provide evacuation instructions and resources. Communication involving individual large

animal emergency response situations can also take place through this app. We are not

a government entity, and your identifying information provided through this app is

confidential and not shared.

Help Us Make a Difference

It’s not only about evacuating and rescuing animals who’ve found themselves in unfortunate situations, helping people move their animals so they will evacuate when directed to, or working in an emergency shelter. Whether your passion is a statewide leadership role, volunteering in your local community during response, working behind the scenes to support the efforts, or training and educating about preparedness, we have a job for you! All of these important volunteer activities work towards the same goal—our mission to help animals and their owners in emergencies and disasters.