Lost Pines ACres

Chesapeake, VA

Important Update!

We’ve updated Sunday’s course to Advanced Equine First Aid, allowing participants to build directly on Saturday’s foundational skills with more in-depth, hands-on emergency scenarios.

Why the change?

Based on participant interest, we chose to focus this weekend on first aid skills to provide a more streamlined and immersive learning progression.

Disaster Planning & Emergency Preparedness will be offered at this location at a future date if interest supports it.

Equine Health & Emergency First Aid

April 18, 9am - 5pm

  • This course provides comprehensive training in equine emergency first aid, combining theoretical knowledge with practical hands-on experience. Participants will learn to assess and respond to various emergency situations involving horses, ensuring effective communication with veterinarians and proper care for equine health.

    Course Duration: ~8h
    Course comes with a comprehensive manual, certification, and all needed material

    • Understand the basics of equine health and emergency first aid.

    • Learn to identify and assess emergency situations.

    • Develop skills for efficient communication with veterinarians.

    • Practice hands-on first aid techniques for various scenarios.

    • Gain knowledge on prevention and response to common horse emergencies.

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Advanced Equine First Aid

April 19, 9am - 5pm

  • This advanced, hands-on course is designed for participants who already have a solid foundation in equine first aid. We will go deeper into assessment, triage, complex wound management, emergency decision-making, and real-world scenarios.

    Required: Prior completion of Equine Health & Emergency First Aid or equivalent experience.

    Course Duration: ~8h
    Course comes with a comprehensive manual, certification, and all needed material

    • Recognize and respond to severe equine emergencies.

    • Develop advanced triage and stabilization skills.

    • Learn to assess horses for work and understand conditioning.

    • Understand environment-specific injury risks and prevention.

    • Practice advanced wound care, splinting, and emergency planning.

    • Improve communication with veterinarians and emergency responders.

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Disaster Planning & Emergency Preparedness

POSTPONED - NEW DATE TO BE DETERMINED

  • This intensive one-day course equips participants with the knowledge and practical skills to build a realistic, location-specific disaster plan for equine and livestock properties. Participants learn how to assess risk, prepare for common emergencies (fire, flooding, severe storms, utility outages, structural collapse, and more), and develop clear procedures for localized evacuation, out-of-town evacuation, or shelter-in-place—before an emergency occurs. The course blends classroom instruction with hands-on planning activities and scenario-based practice.

    Course Duration: ~8h
    Course comes with a comprehensive manual, certification, and all needed material

    • Explain the three core preparedness pathways: Localized Evacuation, Out-of-Town Evacuation, and Shelter in Place, and identify which is appropriate for different scenarios.

    • Conduct a safety-oriented risk and vulnerability assessment for their facility (terrain, flood plain proximity, turnout vs. confinement, facility condition, surrounding fuels/forests/grassland).

    • Interpret and plan around evacuation phases: Evacuation Alert, Evacuation Order, and Evacuation Rescind, including realistic time constraints and enforcement limitations.

    • Create (or refine) a property map that includes hazards, access points, water sources, muster point(s), exits, and critical information that first responders need.

    • Build an animal inventory and identification strategy to support evacuation, reunification, and emergency medical care.

    • Develop evacuation plans for local sites and distant sites, including selection criteria (accessibility, offloading, shelter/stalls/paddocks, water/feed, bedding, biohazards, identification).

    • Identify major fire risks (barn fire causes, hay fire warning signs/temperature zones) and implement practical prevention and response actions.

    • Apply the AAA emergency framework (Activate, Assist, Attempt) to barn fire and structural emergency response decision-making.

    • Prepare a two-week self-sufficiency kit and plan for maintaining basic services (especially water and power), including safe generator considerations. 

    • Describe common animal behavior considerations during emergencies (flight responses, handling constraints, and why practice matters).