The Advanced Level DART Member will have completed the following:

All Requirements for the Level 1: CORE Training

FEMA Certifications - Approximately 23 Hours of Training / 2.3 CEU's

CERT graduates who wish to join DART have a lot more training to do. They have to have the following certifications from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

• ICS 800 National Response Framework, An Introduction (3 hour training / 0.3 CEU's)
• IS-10 Animals in Disaster, Module A: Awareness and Preparedness (10 hour training / 1.0 CEU's)
• IS-11 Animals in Disaster, Module B: Community Planning (10 hour training / 1.0 CEU's)

American Red Cross Certifications Approximately 11 Hours of Training / 1.1 CEU's

• Pet First Aid & CPR (4 hour training / 0.4 CEU's)
  
• First Aid and CPR w/AED (7 hour training / 0.7 CEU's)

Noah's Wish In-Field Training - Approximately 20 Hours of Training / 2.0 CEU's

Deployment During a Declared Emergency - Approximately 144 hours of Practice / 14.4 CEU's

We require two deployments under either Lamorinda DART supervision or Noah's Wish supervision for at least three days each to a Declared Emergency.

Upon completion of all requirements listed above (24.7 CEU's) Lamorinda DART will certify the participant as a Certified Animal Disaster Responder (CADRE). Graduates arre eligible for deployment through DART and Noah's Wish. They have the skills and experience to set up and manage temporary animal shelters and act on the command level as shelter managers etc.

The quality of the DART training is monitored and guaranteed by the DART Training Institute: usDART, which issues the DART certificates and IDs.