Marin County Equine Evacuation & Rescue Program

"EQEVAC"

The Marin Humane Society has recently updated the equine component of its county-wide disaster plan, addressing the rescue of horses, mules, ponies and possibly other farm and ranch animals in the event of a Marin County emergency of any size. The Marin Horse Council was monumental this effort.

The program includes:

      • Qualified volunteers with trucks and horse trailers.
      • Each transporter equipped with an emergency kit, proper equipment and an equine first aid kit.
      • Each volunteer will carry proper credentials to provide assistance to emergency animal responders in rescue and evacuation operations.
      • A cadre of veterinarians and farriers available on call 24/7.
      • A complete list of every horse facility, public and private, commercial and non-commercial, in Marin County including a count of the number of horses at each specific site.
      • An individual emergency evacuation plan and 'barn manual' for each site
      • Individual, identical identification cards will hopefully be placed on each stall, corral or pasture gate with all the important information about the horse, owner, vet, contact numbers, allergies, etc.
      • A list of staging areas for rescue teams to assemble.
      • A list of every possible alternative location, countywide, that could accept horses in an emergency.
      • Availability of heavy equipment when needed.
      • A maintained data base containing all information important to this plan, available to emergency personnel in emergency situations only.

For more information or in the case of an emergency, contact: Captain Cindy Machado, Marin Humane Society Officer in Charge (415) 506-6209, email: cmachado@marinhumanesociety.org

To register your barn or horse(s), contact:

Marin Horse Council EqEvac Committee
(415) 259-5783, email: EqEvac@marinhorsecouncil.org
or fill in the following PDF files:

Register your barn or ranch | Register your horse | Register additional horse at other location

and send them to:

Marin County EqEvac Program
c/o Marin Horse Council
171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd.
Novato, CA 94949