Resources

Swiftwater Rescue

• ECHO risk Assessment Tool: Quick Reference Guide.
• Good Practice Guide – Swiftwater Breathing Apparatus (Glassey, 2023).
• Research article: TEC REEP micro-rope systems for swiftwater rescue.
• Swiftwater Rescue Manual (free) by Dr Robert Kauffman.
• Flood Rescue Manual (free) by RNLI (UK).

Animal Emergency Management

• No animal left behind: A critical evaluation of the companion animal disaster management framework in New Zealand (Glassey, 2022)
• Animal Emergency Management blog.
• Animal Evac New Zealand Trust.

Incident Management

• Targeted Incident Planning System (TIPS) A1 IAP form/sheet by Dr Steve Glassey.

Recommended reading

• Animal Disaster Management chapter by Glassey (in over 60 languages) in Routledge Handbook on Animal Welfare (2022).
• Animal Welfare and Management in Natural Disasters (Sawyer and Huertas, 2018)
• Filling the Ark (Irvine, 2009).
• Animal Management in Disasters (Heath, 1999).
• Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch earthquakes (Potts & Gadenne, 2014).
• Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (Gimenez, 2008)

Recommended films

• Dark Water Rising (Shiley, 2006) DVD or Amazon Live.
• Surviving Harvey: After the storm (2017), Animal Planet.

Media coverage

• Animal disaster law reforms needed (Animal Evac NZ, TVNZ, 2019)
• New charity established to help animals in disaster (TVNZ, 2018)
• Animal Evac NZ set up to help animals in emergencies (NewsHub, 2018)
• Expert would welcome overhaul of emergency management (TVNZ, 2018)
• SPCA deploys helicopter to rescue horse from flooded gorge (NewsHub, 2016)
• Pets need to be evacuated with families (NZ Herald, 18 May, 2014).
• People put themselves at risk to save pets (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 8 August 2013)
• Many pets still missing following quake (TVNZ, 12 October 2010)
• Vets train up for natural disaster (TVNZ, 29 November 2011)
• Calls to include pets in evacuation plans (TVNZ, 21 February 2010).