Club Emergency Services
Making a Plan
We live in an area at risk for wildfires as been proven each year? So as a club we are taking steps to help minimize wildfire’s impact on our horses and ourselves.
Evacuation planning should be a part of the owner’s annual review of a facility’s disaster mitigation plan. Keep trucks fueled and trailers hitched with everything loaded and ready to go should evacuation warnings or notices come in.
Be sure to pack water and hay for any horses being evacuated and ensure each animal has proper identification, especially if being housed at a public shelter or private facility.
Very few items of horse clothing are fire retardant, but there are still some materials to stay away from during a fire. Avoid synthetic (e.g., nylon or plastic) halters, lead ropes, and tack, along with nylon fly sheets and masks, that could melt and cause serious burns to the horse or the handler.
Teaching horses to be reliable loaders in trailers is essential to smoothing evacuations. Have evacuation sites in mind ahead of time, ranging from facilities close by to ones much farther away, if need be. Below are resources that can be provided by club members as well as potential need that they may have in case evacuations are necessary. Just click on the member name to see what they can provide.
Click on the Wildfire Preparedness for Horses flier on the right for more information on preparing an evacuation kit.
If you would like to have your name and emergency information included below, fill out the following informational form.
TakeActionHorseChecklist.pdfRoxzene and Steve Bockstruck – Athol, ID
Email:roxzene@gmail.com
Physical Address : 4892 E Twete Rd Athol, ID 83801
Best route to your location:
95 to HWY 54 towards Farragut St Park. First exit off of traffic circle to Twete Rd Right at mailboxes at top of hill.
Phone Numbers (Texting?) 208-699-0018
What Animal Transport can you provide:
two horse trailer
What facilities can you provide: No stalls, open pen up to 4 horses that can get along
What Feed Can You Provide? Grass hay for a couple of days
What other assistance can you provide?
can haul two horses
Number of Horses to be moved? Age&Sex. We currently have 8 horses: 24 year old gelding, 16 year old gelding, 15 year old gelding, 11 year old gelding, two stalls or a turn out large enough for both
Number of Pens/Stalls Needed?
none
Any Horse Special Needs? none
What other assistance might you need? Please explain. none
Any other information that you feel is important for planning? none
Maryann Boseth – North of Sandpoint, ID
Email: maryannboseth@gmail.com
Physical Address :1230 N Center Valley Rd Sandpoint Idaho 83864
Best route to your location If you are traveling north of Sandpoint from the light at Kootenai Cutoff go 6.5 miles north. Turn right onto Colburn Culver Rd. Go 1.7 miles turn left onto North Center Valley Rd ( Double M Ranch sign) go .2 miles and on the right. Red barn white house with green roof
Phone Numbers (Texting?) (208)2633760. Text available
What Animal Transport can you provide 3 horses
What facilities can you provide. Currently could provide 2 double stalls that have runs attached. If shut doors runs could be another pen. One stall with a run (could handle a stallion). Also again shut the stall and pen could be separate. Approximately 4 other pens. Have extra panels so can make some smaller pens also
What Feed Can You Provide? Older grass hay
What other assistance can you provide? A second pair of hands
Number of Horses to be moved? Age&Sex My two horses, gelding and mare, are in Spokane (Gibbs road)
Number of Pens/Stalls Needed? 2
Any Horse Special Needs? None
What other assistance might you need? Please explain. Second pair of hands maybe
Any other information that you feel is important for planning? X
Ted and Denise Cummings – North of Spokane, WA
Email:tedndenise@msn.com
Physical Address :13112 E. Black Rd., Chattaroy, WA
Best route to your location:
From HWY 2, East on Big Meadows 7 miles, Left on Madison 1 mile Right on Black Rd. 1 mile
Phone Numbers (Texting?) 5092805800 CELL 5092382339 HM
What Animal Transport can you provide:
1 trailer (Stock Type) will fit 3 horses, 5-6 cows.
What facilities can you provide: Cow pens 3. Horse pens 1
What Feed Can You Provide? Hay: Grass, Alfalfa, Grass/alfalfa mix
What other assistance can you provide?
Dog or cat care, Spare bedrooms, showers
Number of Horses to be moved? Age&Sex. 3: 2 mares, 1 gelding
Number of Pens/Stalls Needed?
1 pen
Any Horse Special Needs? none
What other assistance might you need? Please explain. place to park trailer
Any other information that you feel is important for planning? None
Kari Saccomanno – West of Sandpoint, ID
Email:saccomanno.kari@gmail.com
Physical Address :1481 Wrenco Loop, Sandpoint, ID 83864
Best route to your location: We are on Hwy 2 between Sandpoint and Laclede. There are two ends of Wrenco Loop - the east end is closer but the west end will access our home also.
Phone Numbers (Texting?) 208-290-7757 (text is ok)
What Animal Transport can you provide: I can haul two if needed
What facilities can you provide: We have two stalls but no fenced turnout. We do have four fenced areas that we can group horses in. We would just need to add a couple water tubs somehow.
What Feed Can You Provide? Hay might be tough, but possible. Our fields still have grass of some sort.
What other assistance can you provide?
Whatever - never hurts to ask.
Number of Horses to be moved? Age&Sex 2, geldings, 8 and 11
Number of Pens/Stalls Needed?
2 but can be put together anywhere
Any Horse Special Needs? No
What other assistance might you need? Please explain.
None that I know of
Any other information that you feel is important for planning? None that I know of
Barbara & Laurie Tibbs – North of Sandpoint, ID
Email:bltibbsarabians@gmail.com, laurietibbs79@gmail.com, barbara.tibbs78@gmail.com
Physical Address :84 Center Valley Rd., Sandpoint, ID 83864
Best route to your location:
north from Ponderay on highway 95 about 6 miles. Turn right on Center Valley Rd (where highway 95 goes from 4 lanes to 2 just past Wood's Meats hanging sides of beef)turn right at the first or second driveway.
Alternate route: highway 200 turn north onto Colbun Culver RD, turn west onto Selle Rd, turn north onto South Center Valley Rd turn west onto Center Valley RD, turn south into the last driveway on the south side of Center Valley Rd before you come to highway 95.
Phone Numbers (Texting?) Barbara 1 (208) 610-2554 can text; Laurie: 1 (208) 610-2553 can text, Both 1 (208)265-4084 no text
What Animal Transport can you provide:
three horse trailer
What facilities can you provide: currently three box stalls available, numerous pens and pastures
What Feed Can You Provide? We have grass hay and some pasture
What other assistance can you provide?
We are retired so we are home to monitor animals and give care needed
Number of Horses to be moved? Age&Sex. We currently have 8 horses: 24 year old gelding, 16 year old gelding, 15 year old gelding, 11 year old gelding, two 9 year old mares, 7 year old gelding, 4 year old gelding
Number of Pens/Stalls Needed?
2 pens
Any Horse Special Needs? two geldings must be together, two horses are not on pasture as they are prone to founder
What other assistance might you need? Please explain. We can only haul three horses at a time
Any other information that you feel is important for planning? Our horses do best on grass hay