Full Title Name:  State of Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan

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Country of Origin:  United States Citation:  State of Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan Last Checked:  April, 2023 Date Adopted:  2009 Last Date Amended:  2022
Summary: Louisiana's Emergency Operations Plan addresses pets and service animals in several places. The parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness must make an EOP that includes plans for animal sheltering: "The EOP must include planning for the humane evacuation, transport, and temporary sheltering of service animals and household pets in times of emergency or disaster. In preparing and revising the plan, the parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness should embrace the “Whole Community” concept and seek the advice and assistance of government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic, and volunteer organizations."
Documents:  PDF icon Louisiana EOP 2022 Final.pdf (4.49 MB)

Governor's Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) http://gohsep.la.gov/

Link to Chapter 6. The Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act.

c) Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

The parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness shall prepare and maintain an all hazards emergency operations plan (EOP) and keep it current. The EOP must include planning for the humane evacuation, transport, and temporary sheltering of service animals and household pets in times of emergency or disaster. In preparing and revising the plan, the parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness should embrace the “Whole Community” concept and seek the advice and assistance of government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic, and volunteer organizations.

(page 50 of pdf of the 2022 plan).

This language also appears in Emergency Support Function (ESF) 11, Agriculture Annex, which is located on ESF 11-1 or page 111 of the pdf.
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