Seminar Details

Our Speaker

Rebecca Husted edited and co-wrote the first textbook on Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (Wiley-Blackwell) in 2008. She is a decorated combat veteran, retired Signal Officer, US ARMY, holds BS (Biology) Wofford College, PhD (Animal Physiology) Clemson University. She is a support firefighter, incident safety officer and PIO for City of Gray Fire Department. She has been training Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAERTM ) techniques across the US and internationally for over 25 years. She has published numerous critiques, techniques and journal articles on a variety of technical subjects in large animal disaster and emergency rescue, horse barn fires, trailer wrecks and heavy rescue of large animals, and equine behavior in these scenarios. She was appointed Chair of the Technical Committee of the NFPA Code 150 – Animal Housing in 2022, and contributes to equine/livestock welfare committees and others defining technical competencies for large animal response around the world.