You play an important role in helping your pets stay safe in a wildfire. Make sure they’re included in your family’s evacuation plan and build each pet their own pet evacuation kit. It doesn’t take a lot of time to build one, and it can usually be done using things you already have at home. For example, when you buy a new leash, collar, or bed, add the old item to your pet’s emergency kit; and, instead of disposing of old towels and blankets, wash them and put some in your pet’s evacuation kit.
Included on the checklist are many types of paperwork and photos that should be included in your kit. Another good way to easily store the information is to scan the recommended documents and photos and store them on a flash drive inside the kit. Consider giving an additional flash drive to a friend or relative that lives in a neighboring community; that way if you don’t have time to pack your pet evacuation kit, you’ll have another option to retrieve the information.
This checklist will help you customize an evacuation kit for the pets in your family and ensure they’re ready to go if you need to evacuate during a wildfire. When building the kit, remember it needs to be a size and weight that can be easily loaded into a vehicle when evacuating quickly.