Not 911. Farm Ark cannot guarantee evacuation, never self-dispatches, and live incident activation is disabled. Follow official emergency instructions.
Farm Ark Plan early · move safely

Printable · offline-ready

Your blue-sky animal evacuation checklist.

Complete these steps before fire weather. Keep a printed copy with your animal supplies and review it every season. This page contains no personal plan data.

Portland-area pilot · useful in any configured region

Printable and usable without an account.

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Review date: ____________________   Next practice: ____________________

Eight readiness actions

Prepare, practice, confirm

  1. Identify every animal.Prepare species-appropriate identification, current photos, ownership records, care instructions, medication details, and a backup copy.
  2. Plan two ways out.Document more than one safe exit route. Know vehicle, trailer, gate, bridge, and turning constraints before conditions deteriorate.
  3. Leave before movement becomes dangerous.Animals, large vehicles, and inexperienced loaders need more time. Define an early-departure trigger with official alert levels in mind.
  4. Practice loading.Use the actual animals, people, containment equipment, and transport setup during calm conditions. Never learn during a fire.
  5. Confirm primary and backup destinations.Check species compatibility, containment, water, feed, care responsibility, arrival process, and current capacity. A directory entry is not a reservation.
  6. Stage supplies safely.Prepare halters, leads, carriers, portable panels, food, water, medicines, records, first-aid items, lighting, protective equipment, and safe communications.
  7. Choose an out-of-region contact.Agree on how your household will report departure, destination, animal status, and reunification if local communications are unreliable.
  8. Review every season.Recheck animal counts, capacity, equipment condition, provider availability, permissions, consent, verification, credential expiry, and official guidance.

Official authority

Orders come from officials.

Farm Ark does not issue evacuation orders, designate safe routes, open shelters, grant zone access, or authorize responders.

Resource verification

A signup is not a credential.

Availability must be current. Skills, vehicles, facilities, permissions, and species constraints require review by the responsible organization.

Privacy

Share only when assigned.

Exact animal, farm, holding-site, and contact information should remain private and be disclosed only with consent to authorized roles.