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6.0 EMERGENCY SERVICE page 9 6.1 Emergency services will of necessity be a joint venture between the county and town animal control officers and APS volunteers. 6.2 poring Shelter working haur_s emergency situations coming to the attention of the shelter manager, who would have the authority to give veterinary approval, would be referred to a warden whenever possible.l The warden, on picking up the sick or .injured animal, would assess the seriousness of the situation. If the injury were found minor, the animal would be transported to the shelter for treatment there Otherwise, it would be taken to the veterinarian whose schedule best permitted him/her to handle emergencies at that hour of the day, or the hospital whose rabies tag it might be wearing. After examining the animal, the veterinarian would in- form the shelter manager of his diagnosis, and the manager would decide the disposition of the case. if the appropriate warden can not be reached, the shelter manager will call on an APS volunteer to pick up the animal. and transport it to the veterinarian/shelter 6.3 During_evening and weekend hours APS volunteers will respond to emergency calls, much as they do now. A person calling the animal shelter would hear a recorded vAssage giving the telephone numbers of those coordinating the serviue.Z The coordinator would send a trained volunteer to the scene, and if the animal were found to be badly injured, it would be taken to the emergency hospital.3 After the veterinarian had determined the extent of injuries, he would call an APS veterinary approval person who would make the decision about further treatment. If the volunteer should find the animal suffering a superficial in- jury which could be treated without a veterinarian's assistance, the animal would ten be transported to the shelter.4 1The optimum situation would be to have radio contact between the shelter and the ACOS' trucks. Such a system would seem to be a worthwhile investment for the town, county, and APS, ?we would hope to have a Hillsborough number to be called by those in northern Orange County. 3Expected to be completed by area veterinarians within a year. 4This presents the problem of how entrance to the locked shelter can be managed. We would suggest that three of the shelter employees be given keys and that on a rotating schedule one of the three be available to open the shelter for animals brought in after hours.