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Student Veterinary Response Team (SVRT)

Texas A&M Student Veterinary Response Team (SVRT)

Mission

The mission of the Texas A&M Student Veterinary Response Team (SVRT) is to:

  • Promote the importance of emergency response in veterinary medicine
  • Provide veterinary students with educational opportunities about emergency response by encouraging guest speakers
  • Create and maintain an affiliation between the SVRT and the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) and similar emergency response organizations nationwide
  • Enhance leadership characteristics in its members
  • Encourage camaraderie among veterinary students with an interest in emergency response
  • Act as a communication link between VET, emergency response participants, and veterinary students via monthly meetings
  • Assist students in participating in externships with practicing veterinarians with a professional interest in emergency response
  • Help members demonstrate an interest in emergency response to prospective veterinary employers

About

Our organization was established with the purpose of bringing together people with an interest in emergency response in veterinary medicine and promoting the vital role of veterinarians in protecting animal health, public health and our food supply.

Why should you join SVRT?

Veterinarians play a vital role in the responses to animal disease outbreaks, natural disasters and man-made disasters. Whether you are a local veterinarian or a member of an emergency response team, it’s important to understand your role in the community when a disaster occurs. Through education, planning and communication, we as individuals can take steps toward minimizing the impact of a disaster on both the animals and the people in our community.

Pets Evacuation & Transportation Standards Act

H.R. 3858, the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 (PETS Act), was passed by Congress as a response to the way in which household pets and service animals were handled during evacuation efforts resulting from Hurricane Katrina.

The passage of the PETS Act significantly changed the way the Federal government views pets during disasters and requires disaster preparedness planning to address the needs of pets and service animals. Following a major disaster or emergency, this act authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide rescue, care, shelter, and essential needs for household pets and service animals as well as for their owners.

For more information, please visit the AVMA’s PETS Act FAQ or http://www.fema.gov/pdf/government/grant/pa/policy.pdf for the entire DAP 9523.19.

Learn more…

For more information about emergency response in veterinary medicine, check out the following links:

Schedule 

List meetings and events for the year or semester

Texas A&M SVRT Leadership

List of current officers

Engage with Texas A&M SVRT

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Contact us — Email: SVRT@cvm.tamu.edu