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  • Allen and Linda Anderson are pet-expert speakers, authors, and founders of the Angel Animals Network. They help people discover and benefit from the miraculous powers of animals. Dedicated to promoting human-animal [...]
  • BART RECIEVES $25,000.00 GRANT FOR TRAINING BART has received a $25,000.00 grant to be used for training from the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM). Fire departments in the Twi [...]
  • THANK YOU BART VOLUNTEERS AND SUPPORTERS We come to the end of another amazing year for BART. Thanks to our volunteers, board of directors and supporters, BART has continued to make an impact on the lives of people i [...]
  • Please consider Basic Animal Rescue Training (BART) in your assistance to firefighter grant (AFG) proposal. We understand that you have many competing interests especially in these tough economic times. BART is workin [...]
  • Ice/Open Water Puppy Rescue

    March 25th, 2009
    Categories: Rescue Stories
    E5 got a call from Powderhorn Park workers about a dog trapped on the island. Animal Control said they wouldn't deal w/ a dog over open water or ice. We responded to check it out. We'd been there earlier in the day to pr [...]
  • On March 3, 2008 the Federal Emergency Management Agency/US Department of Homeland Security (FEMA/DHS) approved the curriculum for the Basic Animal Rescue Training (BART) Small Animal Basic Life Support course. Minneso [...]
  • Here are the highlights in this Special Edition of BART's Newsletter, The Siren: --BART receives federal approval from FEMA for the Small Animal Basic Life Support curriculum! --How did BART become a national stan [...]
  • Here are the highlights in this edition of BART's Newsletter, The Siren: --Did you know we trained and equipped 500 first responders in the last two months?!? And that's not all --St. Croix resident overjoyed for [...]
  • The Siren – December 2007

    December 27th, 2007
    Here are the highlights in this edition of BART's Newsletter, The Siren: 1. Community Teamwork Saves Puppy and Cats from Two Home Fires! 2. BART trainees recognized nationally through EMAC as a resource for disasters [...]
  • Puppy Saved from Hudson Home Fire

    December 26th, 2007
    Categories: Rescue Stories
    Mary Ann Land On November 7th, 2007, St Croix EMS Chief Eric Christensen arrived at a fully engulfed house fire in Hudson, Wisconsin and was handed a lethargic, burned puppy that had been pulled from the flames. Rememb [...]

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