How to Donate

We are a nonprofit organization and thus always looking for donations.  Monetary donations help us in our extensive training classes.  We train in first aid for pets, ropes course, swift water, large animal rescue, first aid, CPR, bloodborne pathogens, bird handling, and many more areas.  These training classes help us when we respond to national and local disasters and of course the many heart wrenching hoarding cases.  Besides training there are personal suppies and immunizations that our members must collect and undergo.  As a group we are always looking for supplies either donated or to purchase.  These supplies help us when we respond to local situations.  We just responded recently to the Dishman-Mica fire and was able to set up a local shelter so that families could spend the night in the Red Cross shelter and not worry about their pets.

Suppies that we need donated are:

• Horse trailer
• Carriers
• Slip leads
• Halters
• Office supplies
• Dog and Cat Dishes
• Litter boxes
• Cleaning Supplies
• Medical supplies
• Bleach
• Towels
• Camping supplies
• Etc., Etc., Etc.
• Please feel free to contact us with any supplies that you believe we may be interested in heartofthewest@yahoo.com

How to become a member.

Attend one of the meetings held every third Wednesday of the month at 6pm.  Locations will be announced though our e-mail list so join today!  There are required classes that must be complete before you are allowed to deploy both nationally and locally.  Most of these courses can be completed on-line.  Those that cannot are taught on a revolving schedule throughout the year. 

Fill this paper out and bring it to the next meeting if you are interested in joining.

http://pnw-heart.org/doc/HEARTvolunteerinformationsheet.doc

Class Requirements

Most of these requirements can be completed on-line by going to www.fema.gov

Heart Volunteer Class Requirements

Course Titles

These classes are offered at FEMA.gov

IS 1.5A An Introduction to Hazardous Materials

IS 10      Animals in Disaster Module A: Awareness and

                Preparedness

IS 11      Animals in Disaster Module B: Community

                Planning

IS 22      Are You Ready?  A Guide to Citizen     

                Preparedness

IS 100    Basic Incident Command System

IS 111    Livestock in Disaster

IS 200    Basis ICS for Federal Disaster Workers

IS 244    Developing and Managing Volunteers

IS 700    National Incident Management System, An

                Introduction

IS 800   National Response Plan, An Introduction

SPECIAL CLASSES (only one of these is needed)

AES       Animal Emergency Services – AHA

DART    Disaster Animal Response Training – HSUS

EARS    Emergency Animal Response Services – UAN

ALSO NEEDED

First Aid/CPR/Blood Borne Pathogen

Helicopter Safety – arranged by HEART

Background check (Done by Spokane County Sheriff)

These classes will be arranged by HEART

LAR         Large Animal Rescue – AHA

WRCA     Water Rescue for Companion Animals – AHA

RRCA      Rope Rescue for Companion Animals – AHA

TAR2       Technical Animal Rescue – Advance – AHA

It is the responsibility of the individual to make copies of the completed course certificate and turn these into the training officer.

To be eligible to receive a HEART shirt:

Complete IS-10, IS-11, IS-22, IS-100 and attend a sheltering class (AES, DART or EARS).

Thank you for your interest in HEART and we look forward to working with you.