Horse Emergency Evacuation Team

August 2, 2025 Loading Rodeo & Live Drill
2025-08-02 08:45 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Elks Unocal Center, 4040 US 101, Santa Maria, CA, 93455, United States
August 2nd Loading Rodeo & Live Drill (Santa Maria Elks Rodeo Grounds 4040 Highway 101, Santa Maria (Gate 2): Something different for this training. We ask everyone to bring their horses to this training and we are going to trade horses. Meaning? We will take turns loading each other’s horses into each other’s trailers. This is a perfect opportunity in a quiet setting to practice handling and loading horses with which we are unfamiliar with. Also, it gives our horses the opportunity to load in a trailer they are unfamiliar with, with the owner present to give advice. Members that don’t have a truck and trailer are encouraged to come as well as they can team up with single drivers. This is another thing that would happen in an actual emergency. This training is designed to help everyone, handlers and horses, to work with the situation at hand. We hope it is a good experience for all. The other part of the training will focus on the activation of the staging/sheltering trailers, shelter crew and trailering teams. This training is an important opportunity to enhance our preparedness and operational effectiveness. The horses will be utilized for pick-up at the “specified addresses” given at staging, along with intake forms and then delivered to the shelter area for intake of the animal. It is essential that all team members participate in this critical exercise.

September 6, 2025 HAM Radio Procedures for everyone
2025-09-06 08:45 - 12:00 | McElhinney & McElhinney, 800 Quintana Road, Number 2F, Morro Bay, CA, United States
September 6th HAM Radio Procedures (800 Quintana Road, Number 2F, Morro Bay): We welcome Mike Lindsay, a HEET member, for this training to briefly go over the principal of the HAM radios. We will go over how to use the radio, how to talk on the radio, message clarity and conciseness, obtaining confirmation of message, what to do if you can’t be heard are just a few of the topics we will going over. After our discussion, teams will be given different assignments to check positions and different repeaters in the area with our Morro Bay dispatch. Again, we are practicing procedures in establishing communication while in an emergency. Please bring Your HAM Radios and batteries if you have them. Please note that you do NOT have to have a HAM license to attend this training.
