Animal Emergency Management

 

ISDA is responsible for the prevention and control of foreign, emerging production animal diseases and other animal health emergencies. ISDA coordinates with the Idaho Office of Emergency Management (OEM) for planning and preparedness to respond to an animal health disease emergency. OEM maintains the Idaho Emergency Operations Plan which describes the collaborative process that will take place in case of an animal disease emergency.

 

ISDA coordinates with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to address zoonotic disease issues, which are diseases that can be transmissible from animals to humans and vice versa.  

 
ISDA adopted the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and will implement the Incident Command System (ICS) in coordination with partner agencies to respond to or manage any incident for which ISDA provides support. Introductory NIMS/ICS courses and Animal Emergency/Disaster Response courses are available online at www.fema.gov.
 
The Idaho Veterinary Emergency Response Team (IVERT) is a group of private veterinary practitioners and veterinary technicians who wish to be trained in animal health emergency management issues. They are trained to help state and federal animal health officials respond to any foreign animal or emergency disease in Idaho or the United States. If you would like to be part of the Emergency Response Team, please complete an application and return it to ISDA.