Hurricane Irma Resources

Kathryn M. | September 6, 2017 | Feature Story, Pet Emergency Preparedness, Pet News | No Comments

As Hurricane Irma impacts Puerto Rico and Florida, we want to make sure all those affected are safe and with their pets. We’ve compiled a list of resources below to help you find support for the storm and beyond.

Call us, we’re here for you

Trupanion is always here to help any policyholders who have been affected by Hurricane Irma. If you have any questions, please give us a call anytime at 855.600.7065 and we can help. We’re open 24/7, 365.

Estamos aquí por tí también. Llámenos al 888.959.9164. Si usted es actualmente un miembro de Trupanion o no, tenemos opciones para asegurarnos de que su mascota reciba la atención que necesite.

Help for pets after a hurricane

Lost and found pets

Our pupkin tag is a pet ID tag worn by Trupanion policyholders. Please reach out to us immediately if you find these on any lost or displaced pets affected by the storm, and we can help reunite them with their families.

Nuestra etiqueta de pupkin es una etiqueta de ID del animal doméstico usada por los miembros del seguro médico de Trupanion. Por favor contáctenos inmediatamente si usted encuentra a estas mascotas perdidas, desplazadas o afectadas por la tormenta, y así podemos ayudar a reunirlos con sus familias.

Donation options in Florida

The following organizations are offering services to the families affected by Hurricane Irma and are accepting donations at this time. If you have any veterinary hospitals or pet organizations to add to the list, please comment below.

Coming soon.

Opciones de donación en Puerto Rico

Las siguientes organizaciones ofrecen servicios a las familias afectadas por el huracán Irma y aceptan donaciones en este momento.

The Humane Society of Puerto Rico
Accepting:

The Sato Project
Accepting:

This page will be updated regularly. Please stay tuned for more information and let us know of any additional resources in the comments.

How to prepare your pet for Hurricane Irma

Pets can stay with family or friends outside of the area. Your family may also want to research pet-friendly hotels in safe areas. As a last resort, the following shelters in Florida are pet-friendly. Find a full list of dog and cat-friendly shelters in Florida below.

Pets need to be licensed prior to arrival, up to date on vaccinations, and in a kennel or crate. You should also bring food and medication for your pet. You can learn more about licensing and registering your pets online for Miami-Dade county, Broward county, and Palm Beach county.

BluePearl’s veterinary hospitals in Tampa, Clearwater, Brandon and Sarasota plan to stay open 24 hours each day to aid injured or ill pets.

Refugios de mascotas en Puerto Rico: Se admiten mascotas en todos los refugios, pero sólo como último recurso. Los animales deben estar en sus jaulas, vacunados y con alimentos. Para ver una lista de refugios, haga clic aquí.

List of pet-friendly shelters in Florida

Below you’ll find a list of pet-friendly shelters in Florida. Please refer to floridadisaster.org and fema.gov for more up-to-date information and a list of shelters.

County	Name of Location	Address	Details
Alachua	Alachua County emergency shelters		Pets may be housed separately. Shelter info here.
Brevard	TBD		Shelter openings announced on www.embrevard.com, Facebook, or Twitter
Broward	Millennium Middle School	5803 NW 94th Avenue, Pompano Beach	Pre-registration highly recommended.
Citrus	Lecanto Primary School	3790 W Educational Path, Lecanto	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Pre-registration available
Clay	Orange Park High School	2300 Kingsley Road, Orange Park	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Pre-registration available. Pets may be housed separately.
Collier	North Collier Regional Park	15000 Livingston Road, Naples	Pre-registeration required.
Duval			Shelter openings announced on TV, radio, JaxReady.com, and social media.
Escambia	Adjacent to the Red Cross Shelter		Pets may be housed separately.
Flagler	Bunnell Elementary	305 N. Palmetto Street, Bunnell	Need proof of license and vaccinations.
Hernando	DS Parrott Middle School	19220 Youth Drive, Brooksville
Hillsborough	Bartels Middle School	9020 Imperial Oak Blvd., Tampa	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Must be registered at the shelter.
Hillsborough	Burnett Middle School	1010 N. Kingsway Road, Seffner	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Must be registered at the shelter.
Hillsborough	Sgt. Smith Middle School	14303 Citrus Pointe Dr., Tampa	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Must be registered at the shelter.
Hillsborough	Shields Middle School	15732 Beth Shields Way, Ruskin	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Must be registered at the shelter.
Indian River	Liberty Magnet School	6850 81st Street, Vero Beach	Requirements available here.
Lake	Astatula Elementary School	13925 Florida Ave., Astatula	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lake	Lost Lake Elementary	1901 Johns Lake Road, Clermont	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lake	Villages Elementary	695 Rolling Acres Road, Lady Lake	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lake	Leesburg Elementary School	2229 South St., Leesburg	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lake	Treadway Elementary	10619 Treadway School Road, Leesburg	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lake	Mascotte Elementary	460 Midway Ave, Mascotte	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lake	Round Lake Elementary School	31333 Round Lake Road, Mount Dora	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lake	Spring Creek Elementary School	44440 Spring Creek Road, Paisley	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lake	Umatilla Elementary	401 Lake St, Umatilla	Need proof of vaccinations.
Lee	May be located at South Fort Myers High School, East Lee County High School, or other locations depending on the storm. Public information lines 352-486-5155 or 352-486-5576		Only for mandatory evacuation. Shelter openings may vary. Pets may be housed separately.
Manatee	Braden River High	6545 SR 70 East, Bradenton	Shelter openings may vary.
Manatee	Manatee High School	1000 32nd Street West, Bradenton	Shelter openings may vary.
Manatee	Mills Elementary School	7200 69th Street East, Palmetto	Shelter openings may vary.
Marion	Vanguard High School	7 NE 28th St., Ocala	Need proof of vaccinations.
Martin	Treasure Coast Humane Society	4100 SW Leighton Farm Ave., Palm City	Pets only for families in mandatory evacuation zones. Pre-registration required. Call 772-223-8822
Miami-Dade	Highland Oaks Middle School	2375 NE 203rd St. Miami	Only Miami shelter with space for pets as of 9/8/2017 (source)
Miami-Dade	E. Darwin Fuchs Pavilion	10901 SW 24th St., Miami	Pet owners residing in qualified evacuation zones, unsafe structures or mobile homes can participate in the Pet-Friendly Evacuation Centers (PEC)
Miami-Dade	Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High	1410 County Line Road, Miami	Pet owners residing in qualified evacuation zones, unsafe structures or mobile homes can participate in the Pet-Friendly Evacuation Centers (PEC). Pre-register online or 786-331-5354
Monroe	E Darwin Fuchs Pavilion at Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition	10901 SW 24th St., Miami	No shelters open for Category 3-5. Mainland out-of-county shelter only.
Nassau	Yulee Elementary School	86063 Felmore Road, Yulee	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Pets may be housed separately.
Nassau	Callahan Middle School	450121 Old Dixie Hwy, Callahan	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Pets may be housed separately.
Nassau	Hilliard Middle/Senior School	1 Flashes Ave., Hilliard	Need proof of license and vaccinations. Pets may be housed separately.
Okaloosa	Davidson Middle School	6261 Old Bethel Road, Crestview
Okaloosa	Northwest Florida State College, Raider Arena	90 College Blvd, Niceville	Pets may be housed separately.
Okaloosa	Antioch Elementary	4700 Whitehurst Lane, Crestview
Orange	Barnett Park	4801 W. Colonial Dr., Orlando	Shelter openings may vary.Call 311 or check Orange County Disaster Preparedness website
Orange	Bithlo Community Center	18801 Washington Ave., Orlando	Shelter openings may vary.Call 311 or check Orange County Disaster Preparedness website
Orange	Ft. Gatlin Recreation Complex	2009 Lake Margaret Dr., Orlando	Shelter openings may vary. Call 311 or check Orange County Disaster Preparedness website
Orange	Orlo Vista Park	1 N. Powers Dr., Orlando	Shelter openings may vary.Call 311 or check Orange County Disaster Preparedness website
Osceola	Potential shelters at Harmony, Kissimmee Middle, and Liberty High. Public information line 407-742-9000		Shelter openings may vary. Check Osceola County Disaster Preparedness website
Palm Beach	West Boynton Recreation Center	6000 Northtree Blvd., Lake Worth	Only county residents in mandatory evacuation zones or mobile homes. Pre-registration at 561-233-1266
Pasco	Mike Fasano Regional Hurricane Shelter	11611 Denton Avenue, Hudson	For residents in evacuation zone A,B,C, and mobile homes. Need proof of vaccinations.
Pinellas	Dunedin Middle School	70 Patricia Ave., Dunedin	Mobile home residents have priority. Must pre-register.
Pinellas	Oak Grove Middle School	1370 S. Belcher Rd., Clearwater	Mobile home residents have priority. Must pre-register.
Pinellas	John Hopkins Middle School	701 16th Street S., St. Petersburg	Mobile home residents have priority. Must pre-register.
Polk	Philip O’Brien Elementary School	1225 East Lime Street, Lakeland	Need proof of vaccinations. Mobile home residents have priority. Pre-registration available.
Polk	Lake Region High School	1995 Thunder Road, Eagle Lake	Need proof of vaccinations. Mobile home residents have priority. Pre-registration available.
Polk	Alta Vista Elementary School	801 Scenic Highway, Haines City	Need proof of vaccinations. Mobile home residents have priority. Pre-registration available.
Putnam	Ochwilla Elementary Interlachen	299 State Rd 21, Hawthorne	Putnam County Emergency Operations Center at (386) 329-0379
Santa Rosa	Avalon Middle School	5445 King Arthurs Way in Milton	Pre-registration required. Need proof of vaccinations.
Sarasota	North Port High School	6400 W. Price Blvd., North Port	Need proof of vaccinations.
Sarasota	Pine View School	501 Old Venice Road, Osprey	Need proof of vaccinations.
Sarasota	Heron Creek Middle School	6501 W. Price Blvd., North Port	Need proof of vaccinations.
Sarasota	Brookside Middle School	3636 S. Shade Ave., Sarasota	Need proof of vaccinations.
Sarasota	Riverview High School	1 Ram Way, Sarasota	Need proof of vaccinations.
Sarasota	Woodland Middle School	2700 Panacea Blvd., North Port	Need proof of vaccinations.
Seminole	Lyman High School	865 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood
Seminole	Bentley Elementary School	2190 Oregon Ave., Sanford
St. Johns	South Woods Elementary School	4750 SR-206 West, Elkton
St. Johns	Timberlin Creek Elementary School	555 Pine Tree Lane, St Augustine
Sumter	Sumter Fairgrounds	7620 SR 471, Webster
Volusia	Citrus Grove Elementary School	729 Hazen Road, DeLand	Pets may be housed separately.
Volusia	Volusia County Fairgrounds	3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand	Need proof of license, vaccinations, identification, rabies tags.
Volusia	New Smyrna Beach High School (only storms up to Category 3)	1015 10th St., New Smyrna Beach	Pets may be housed separately.
Volusia	Manatee Cove Elementary School	734 W. Ohio Ave., Orange City	Pets may be housed separately.
Volusia	Ormond Beach Middle School	151 Domicilio Ave., Ormond Beach	Pets may be housed separately.

About The Author

Kathryn M.

Kathryn works at Trupanion alongside her little sidekick, a rescued Papillion mix named Modie. She loves all animals big and small but is a dog enthusiast at heart. By the third grade, she had memorized every dog breed and their characteristics and dreamed of being an agility dog trainer or the next Steve Irwin. When not at Trupanion, Kathryn spends her time playing soccer, baking cookies, and exploring the Pacific Northwest with her little sidekick.