SUPPORTING ANIMALS AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM.
Prepared to address crises, both human-made and natural, Animal Incident Management (AIM) is able to respond when other organizations cannot.
AIM responds to crises ranging from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and puppy mill cases, even in the most difficult situations. Working in collaboration with BISSELL Pet Foundation’s National Shelter Alliance experts and partner shelters throughout the country, we assist with large-scale incidents where pets desperately need lifesaving care; secure resources such as temporary housing and treatment in cases of disease outbreak; and provide transport for pets to safety before and after natural disasters strike.
AIM takes action through partnerships with professional animal welfare organizations nationwide. Support is available to emergency management and communities in the form of resources such as pre-event planning to post-event recovery, animal search and rescue, shelter support, transport and mass care/humanitarian efforts where people and animals are assisted together.
AIM is funded through grants and corporate sponsorships. 100% of every donation directly impacts pets before, during and after a crisis or disaster strikes.
AIM also works with animal shelters in crisis through mentorship and training. Subject matter experts from across the nation stand ready for deployment and boots-on-the-ground support. Our focus is on rural animal shelters that lack resources to achieve positive outcomes for adoptable pets. This lifesaving program empowers shelters, providing them with sustainable programs and practices.
Recently, BPF’s Director of Shelter Outreach and Policy Development, Kim Alboum, was on ASAR Training and Response’s podcast talking about our AIM initiative and how shelters can plan and prepare for disasters.
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Technology
AIM has worked with communities in the Southeast to create a foster platform for disaster and crisis through Home-to-Home, which will be implemented as part of AIM’s disaster-ready community programming. AIM recently deployed the Home-to-Home™ disaster foster care platform for Hurricane Ian in Florida and during the Maui Fire in Hawaii.
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Deployment
AIM provides on-the-ground support for shelters and communities in need while Animal Search and Rescue (ASAR) Training and Response attains MOUs and provides subject matter expert disaster response at the local and state level. As the search and rescue component to AIM, ASAR deploys field staff to work with agencies having jurisdiction in all types of disaster. Our network of experts and responders stand ready to mobilize.
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Transport
When disaster or crisis strikes, the AIM nationwide network of destination partners makes room for animals in need. Through ground and air, animals are transported to safety for permanent or temporary placement. Our expert team works strategically to ensure local animals are not displaced and that destination partners have positive outcomes.
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Community
Created to help animals and the people that care for them during times of crisis, AIM partners at the national level with mass care leaders at the American Red Cross to support both co-location and co-habitation emergency sheltering models so people can be as close to their pets as possible.