Napa Community Animal Response Team
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5:00p Check in 5:30-7:30p : New Volunteer Orientation & Awareness - Provides basic overview of volunteer roles and training tracks within CART. Via Zoom Sign up in your MyImpact profile: myimpactpage.com
8:00a Check in 8:30a-9:30a Returning Volunteers Updates: Napa CART Returning Volunteers will receive an annual recap including info from Napa CART, CVET and Cal CARTs. In addition, volunteers will be updated with the new training calendar, training requirements and training formats. Better Impact and reciprocity training updates will be shared as well as the annual... [Continue Reading]
8:00a Check In 8:20-12:30p Command Center Overview & Technology: Learn all about how the Napa CART Command Center operates. This training includes an overview of all the Command Center roles and associated responsibilities, so you can decide which roles may be a good fit for you. The main focus of this training is in-depth look... [Continue Reading]
This event is the in-person hauling certification test that qualifies you to take your vehicle behind the evacuation lines, or to pull any of the Napa CART trailers. Sign up in your MyImpact profile: myimpactpage.com
ASAR Livestock Training will be aimed for ASAR staff to get fully acquainted with the livestock species encountered in Napa County including pigs, goats, sheep, fowl and other livestock. Topics covered will include anatomy, husbandry, handling/restraint, evaluation, basic first aid and evacuation. Drills with live animals will help cement physical skills. @ Charlies Acres Sign... [Continue Reading]
This activity is the precursor to livestock shelter set up. During this morning, we will prep the pasture, assemble panels into pens, prepare pens for equine intake and prep storage container for possible deployments. Sign up in your MyImpact profile: myimpactpage.com
Join us for a hands-on practice session with Shelterly and SARTopo. You will be able to practice scenarios in the any or all of the roles of hotline operator, intake specialist, dispatcher/debriefer, and SARTopo technician. We'll also have a non-software station for practicing filling out T-Cards and updating the tracking board. This training builds on... [Continue Reading]
ASAR Equine Skills Training will be aimed for ASAR staff to get better acquainted with equine anatomy, behavior, handling and first aid. Drills with live animals will help cement physical skills. @ TBA Sign up in your MyImpact profile: myimpactpage.com
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This training activity will prepare CART volunteers for supporting Camelids species (Camels, Llama, Alpaca, Vicuna) in the field or in a shelter. Volunteers will cover basic anatomy, husbandry, behavior, handling and special considerations for this group. The activity will also include opportunities for hands on work with docile examples of the species. @ TBA Sign... [Continue Reading]
