{"id":446548,"date":"2026-11-03T22:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446548\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T22:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T22:48:07","slug":"lee-county-to-host-disaster-rescue-training-for-animals-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446548\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County to host disaster rescue training for animals | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Southwest Florida residents who want to help rescue and shelter animals during hurricanes and other emergencies will have an opportunity to receive disaster response training in Lee County this weekend.<\/p>\n

According to a news release from SPCA Florida, the organization is offering a Small Animal Emergency Sheltering class Saturday, Nov. 7, at the North Fort Myers Recreation Center.<\/p>\n

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The training is being offered through the Florida State Animal Response Coalition, known as FL SARC, in partnership with local emergency response agencies and the Florida State Agricultural Response Team.<\/p>\n

The course is open to the public and is designed to teach participants how to care for companion animals displaced by natural disasters and other emergencies.<\/p>\n

Training residents to help animals during disasters<\/p>\n

According to SPCA Florida, trained FL SARC volunteers can help respond to disasters, deploy emergency resources and transport animals to safety before, during and after emergencies.<\/p>\n

The Awareness Level Small Animal Emergency Sheltering course, also known as Level 1, provides introductory training for people interested in becoming animal disaster responders.<\/p>\n

Participants will learn the skills needed to work in temporary emergency animal shelters established after hurricanes, floods and other emergencies.<\/p>\n

According to Florida SARC’s training information<\/a>, the class will help participants understand how to care for animals in emergency sheltering situations.<\/p>\n

The course also provides the foundation for residents interested in joining Florida SARC’s disaster response volunteer network.<\/p>\n

FL SARC, which operates as part of SPCA Florida, supports emergency animal sheltering and disaster response efforts throughout the state.<\/p>\n

The organization said trained volunteers help ensure animals have access to care when disasters disrupt communities and overwhelm local resources.<\/p>\n

How to register<\/p>\n

The training is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7, at the North Fort Myers Recreation Center, located at 2000 N. Recreation Park Way.<\/p>\n

According to Florida SARC’s official registration page, the course begins at 9 a.m. and is open to adults 18 and older.<\/p>\n

Registration costs $30.<\/p>\n

Residents interested in attending can register through Florida SARC’s training website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SPCA Florida said additional classes will be posted online as they become available.<\/p>\n

The organization encourages residents interested in helping animals during emergencies to complete the training and consider becoming part of its volunteer disaster response network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) \u2014 Southwest Florida residents who want to help rescue and shelter animals during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446549,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,173705,47,173704,28,173702,356,173699,173703,173707,723,1521,173701,173700,173706],"class_list":["post-446548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-disaster-response-volunteer-network","tag-fl","tag-fl-sarc","tag-florida","tag-florida-state-animal-response-coalition","tag-lee-county","tag-mine-safety","tag-national-association-for-search-and-rescue","tag-north-fort-myers-recreation-center","tag-rescue","tag-southwest-florida","tag-spca-florida","tag-tomica-hero-rescue-force","tag-volunteer-disaster-response-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}