About Us
Sedwick County Animal Response Team is a non-profit organization dedicated to the survival and welfare of animals during natural and manmade disasters in the Sedgwick County area.
The SART model was developed in North Carolina after the devastating impact of Hurricane Floyd in 1999. After Floyd, visionaries from several state agencies and not-for-profit organizations began working together to build a model that would serve to protect both people and animals in the future. State Animal Response Teams (SART) are interagency state organizations dedicated to preparing, planning, responding and recovering during animal emergencies in the United States. SART is a public private partnership, joining government agencies with the private concerns around the common goal of animal issues during disasters. SART programs train participants to facilitate a safe, environmentally sound and efficient response to animal emergencies on the local, county, state and federal level. The teams are organized under the auspices of state and local emergency management utilizing the principles of the Incident Command System (ICS).
County Animal Response Teams (CART) are local networks of government, not-for-profit organizations, businesses, livestock producers and individual volunteers. CART will be the core resource for addressing many animal emergency issues in the state of Kansas.
County Animal Response Teams (CART) are local networks of government, not-for-profit organizations, businesses, livestock producers and individual volunteers. CART will be the core resource for addressing many animal emergency issues in the state of Kansas.