Red Paw Emergency Relief Team

Resources and response for families with pets displaced by residential disaster.

Since its humble beginning in 2011, the Red Paw Emergency Relief Team quickly joined the ranks of the first responder community in the Philadelphia region and its volunteers have become a calm and reassuring presence at the front lines of disasters. Red Paw responders answer the call for help twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, year round, in all kinds of weather. They respond to fires, floods, building collapses, severe storms, and other catastrophic incidents with a single mission-to provide a safe haven for displaced pets during emergencies. As of last month, Red Paw volunteers have responded to 1,131 disasters, helping more than 1,720 families with nearly 3,180 pets in more than a dozen counties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Whether they are responding to emergencies, conducting search and rescues at the scene, providing emergency intake, medical care and shelter, Red Paw responds to assist families with pets following a residential disaster.