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Jamie Gaynor, DVM, MS, EMT, treats evacuated animals, hopes clinic will avoid evacuation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jul 3, 2012 By: Julie Scheidegger<\/a>DVM NEWSMAGAZINE<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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He had little time to be on the phone. At 2 a.m. the morning of Wednesday, June 27, Jamie Gaynor, DVM, MS, EMT<\/a>, was activated by the Colorado Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps. Animals evacuated by the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colo., were showing up at shelters and needed attention. Members of his staff had been evacuated from their homes. Gaynor\u2019s practice, Peak Performance Veterinary Group at 5520 N. Nevada Ave. in Colorado Springs, is located west of the wildfire that at the time covered 18,500 acres and was only 5 percent contained. An evacuation plan was necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is crazy what\u2019s going on here,\u201d Gaynor told DVM Newsmagazine<\/em> that day. At the time visibility was less than a quarter-mile, and the fire was moving in three directions. \u201cThey\u2019re constantly updating evacuation notices,\u201d Gaynor said.<\/p>\n

On that Wednesday Gaynor was caring for evacuated animals and creating the clinic\u2019s evacuation plan. He was cautiously confident the fire wouldn\u2019t reach the clinic, but it was in the danger zone–embers blown by the wind could have ignited new fires at any time. The practice had been inundated with smoke for the past two days. Although most of his clients had canceled their appointments, the clinic was housing eight hospitalized patients and five dogs that had been evacuated in their care. Gaynor continued to update a practice evacuation plan he hoped he wouldn\u2019t have to use.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, animals were showing up at area shelters with smoke-related symptoms, which Gaynor was helping to treat. \u201cAt least 30,000 people have been evacuated, which means there are a lot of animals involved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gaynor said he saw a lot of coughing, sneezing and respiratory issues in the pets he was treating, including smoke-triggered asthma in cats. \u201cI also looked at a dog with ocular issues,\u201d he said. \u201c(I can) clean him up, flush his eyes and make him more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to physical effects, Gaynor says he saw an emotional impact on the animals as well. \u201cWhat\u2019s interesting between my own patients and the evacuees is a certain level of anxiety,\u201d he said. \u201cThey can smell the smoke and their natural reaction is to exit that smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n

His team was experiencing a certain level of anxiety, too. Some had already been evacuated from their homes. And everyone was bracing for possible evacuation of the clinic–either voluntary if conditions worsened or mandatory if the fire continued to blaze east. \u201cWe can be out of this facility with patients in 30 minutes or less,\u201d Gaynor said.<\/p>\n

Although he felt the practice was not in imminent danger, Gaynor said the fire seemed to change moment to moment. But an evacuation plan gave everyone peace of mind. \u201cWe have a plan; we know what to do if something happens,\u201d he said. \u201cEven if we have to evacuate we know where we\u2019ll set up our ICU. The south office is six miles from here–really in no danger zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaynor wasn\u2019t as confident about the risk to his family\u2019s home, however. He suspected his neighborhood would be evacuated within the week. \u201cMy house is getting closer and closer to the evacuation area,\u201d he said. \u201cMy dogs and family are out of town, so at least I don\u2019t have to worry about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaynor said he was carrying around five boxes of important papers and belongings from his house in his car. \u201cI don\u2019t have to go back to the house to evacuate it,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile I would hate to lose my house, bottom line is, it\u2019s stuff. As long as family and pets are OK, that\u2019s the bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of Friday, June 29, Gaynor, his staff and clinic were safe; firefighters were making progress on perimeter containment. However, staff members who had been evacuated from their homes had not been able to return. \u201cWe are feeling better about the possibility that our hospital will not have to evacuate,\u201d Gaynor said in an e-mail on Monday, July 2, \u201cbut it is a wildfire and we learned (last Tuesday) that it can be very unpredictable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region has set up sites for evacuated animals at 610 Abbott Lane and 3650 N. Nevada Ave. They are currently in need of dog and cat crates of all sizes, as well as blankets and towels.<\/p>\n

Additional information<\/strong> For more information about the Waldo Canyon Fire, go to the Incident Information System website at www.inciweb.org<\/a>. For more information about the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, go to www.hsppr.org\/waldocanyon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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