all hazards planning
What is your all hazards contingency plan?
This series of training modules is intended for any facility wanting to better understand the planning process. Participants will be introduced to best practices for planning including how to identify and assess risks to their facility, identify needs and limitations to responding safely and effectively, and write a contingency plan.
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Disease risks
Are you prepared for foreign animal diseases?
Secure Zoo Strategy (SZS) is guidance to help facilities develop business continuity plans to protect staff, animals and business models in the event of high consequence disease outbreak, and mitigate the effects should a disease occur. As a member of the Exotic Animal Industry (EAI), there is no “one plan fits all facilities” due to the diversity..
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Why ZAHP?
Identify new and evolving risks to the managed wildlife community
Connect zoos, aquariums, and the managed wildlife community with local, state, federal, and non-governmental emergency response partners
Assist facilities in preparing for disease outbreaks as well as man-made and natural disasters
Share considerations for hazard preparedness, response, and recovery
Support for ZAHP is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
“In a zoo setting you can’t take someone off the street and
say, ‘Go get the 500-pound lion.’ It just doesn’t work that way.”
Terry Lincoln
Director, Dakota Zoo
Recent Posts
Considerations for the Management of Non-Domestic Species in Human Care During COVID-19
April 12, 2020
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Considerations for the Management of Non-Domestic Species in Human Care During COVID-19
April 12, 2020
Updated April 22nd, 2021 These considerations are a result of a collaborative effort, engaging the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, the Zoological Association of America, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians and […]
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2021 ZAHP Capacity Building Grant Opportunity
May 13, 2021
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2021 ZAHP Capacity Building Grant Opportunity
May 13, 2021
Since 2017, the Zoo and Aquarium All Hazards Partnership (ZAHP) has been able to provide a total of 43 small grants funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a way to help enhance preparedness and response activities […]
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Drills 101 – Presented by the AZA Safety Committee (Webinar Recording)
May 13, 2021
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Drills 101 – Presented by the AZA Safety Committee (Webinar Recording)
May 13, 2021
This webinar was held on May 5, 2021, and is the first of two virtual webinars offered by the AZA Safety Committee in light of the limited nature of the 2021 Safety Summit. Drills continue to be one of the […]
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