2021 Responses
Response Activities
River Flooding
A zoo faced the possible need to evacuate 20 large, dangerous animals off-site due to flooding from heavy rain upstream. Within 10 hours of the call for assistance, ZDR3 identified the personnel, transportation, and housing required, then deployed an On-Scene Liaison. The floodwaters crested before any animals needed to be evacuated, and ZDR3 did not need to deploy responders.
A similar situation occurred in October when flooding surrounded a zoo, but did not necessitate an evacuation. A ZDR3 On-Scene Liaison provided assistance to staff, including working with zoo personnel to document and improve their flood contingency planning to better prepare the zoo for potential future events.
