Helping educate and prepare pet owners for emergencies with their pets.

The Pet Safe Coalition was originally created in 1998 as a working idea to assist the overlooked pet populations of disasters.  It wasn't until 2005 that the Coalition was officially founded, and at the time, recognized as the very first County Animal Response Team (CART) in New York State.  To this day, it remains the only organization in Nassau County, New York, that specifically deals with emergency management and disaster mitigation for animals.

Our volunteers come from different educational backgrounds, and bring together a wealth of knowledge and expertise in many areas, among them: humane education, animal rescue, disaster relief, emergency response, law, criminal justice, cruelty investigation, veterinary medicine, and nonprofit management.

• Helping owners keep pets safe when disaster strikes.
• Raising public awareness about pet safety in disasters.
• Providing information resources to public officials.

•  Raise awareness...

among pet owners that the primary responsibility for pets in disasters rests with themselves.

•  Inform and educate...

pet owners about emergency preparedness.

•  Encourage cooperation...

in planning and activation of emergency response among citizens, animal-interest groups, local businesses, and government officials.

•  Provide emergency sheltering...

on a limited and temporary basis of pets of Nassau County pet owners whose own plans fall through in the imminent approach of disastrous conditions.