A.L.E.R.T.
BETTY SIMS
--------BACKGROUND/PROFILE--------
Two Years, Milton Police Department, City of Milton Animal Warden;
Five Years, Humane Society of Santa Rosa County, Shelter Manager/Exec. Director;
Two Years, Humane Society of Santa Rosa County, President;
Two Years, Humane Society of Santa Rosa County, Treasurer;
Six Years, Santa Rosa County, Animal Control Officer;
Five Years, Santa Rosa County Animal Services, Director.
--------Certifications--------
HSUS Animal Control Academy ('86)
Euthanasia Technician ('94, PAWS, Ft. Walton, FL)
Chemical Capture ('93, Tallahassee, FL)
Animals in Emergencies, Professional Responders Course
HSUS Shelter Design and Planning
Managing Difficult People
Disaster Animal Response Team Training (D.A.R.T.)
Division of Emergency Management, Damage Assessment (G601)
Incident Command
Florida Animal Control Assoc. Training Conference
Pensacola Junior College Computer Programs
State of Florida Damage Assessment
Florida Animal Control Association Euthanasia Technician
Florida Animal Control Association Animal Control Officer
Florida Animal Control Association Chemical Capture
University of West Florida Supervisor Certification
Pensacola Junior College Supervisor Certification
Florida State University Supervisor Training
Advanced CPR
Red Cross First Aid
Am-Trak Passenger Train Emergency Response
CPR CLASS, MARCH/2000
Technical Animal Rescue 1 {TAR1} June-11-2000
--------Other--------
First Court Appointed (Judge M.C. Blanchard) Cruelty Investigator for the First Judicial District for the State of Florida (Covering 6 Counties);
Actively Investigated and Prosecuted the First Animal Cruelty Case in Santa Rosa County (w/ Defendant Receiving the Longest Sentence on Record at that Time for the State of Florida);
Wrote and Updated Santa Rosa County Animal Control Ordinances;
Area Representative for Florida AD-PAC (An. Disaster Planning & Advisory Committee;
Wrote Emergency Services Function-17 Manual/Guideline for Santa Rosa County;
Member of DA.R.T. (First Certified Disaster Animal Response Team in the State of Florida);
Santa Rosa County Animal Disaster Liaison, Appointed by Department of Agriculture;
Member of Santa Rosa County Search & Rescue (Active Member & Editor of Newsletter);
Helped Design and Was Project Manager for Construction of 1.2 Million Dollar Animal Shelter (Santa Rosa County
);
JUMP Team Member for HSUS/D.A.R.T. Response for Statewide Disasters;
Member of SRC Citizens Advisory Committee for Disaster Preparedness;
Humane Education Coordinator for SRC;
Authorized by FACA for Training/Certification of Euthanasia Technicians;
Optimist Club Outstanding Law Enforcement Person for 1997.
--------Exercises/Participation/Responses--------
Hurricane Floyd ('99)
Hurricane Erin ('95)
Hurricane Opal ('95)
Overturned Horse Trailers
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Cattle Transport Units
Wild Life Rehab & Rescue
Marion County Disaster Drill
Tri-State Disaster Drill
Escambia County/State of Florida K-9 Search & Rescue Drill
Speaker/Moderator, First Annual Animal Disaster Conference ('98)
Florida Fires ('98)
HSUS/US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Wild Horse Project ('98)
Community Work Experience Programs
Santa Rosa County Mentor Program
Hurricane Danny
Hurricane Georges
Tornadoes
Animal Shelter Evacuation
Treasure Oil Spill { South Africa } 6/2000
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