The Future of Disaster Response for Pets - and People
🐾 Why Transfur Line Is the Future of Disaster Response for Pets — and People
A Turning Point in Disaster Preparedness
In October 2025, California took a landmark step forward by passing the FOUND Act, requiring every local agency to include animals in their disaster response planning. It’s the first legislation of its kind to mandate that pets be treated as integral members of a household — not afterthoughts in evacuation and recovery.
This law reflects a truth that became painfully clear after Hurricane Katrina: when disaster strikes, people will not abandon their pets. In 2005, over 1,300 people died, and 44% of those who refused to evacuate stayed behind because they couldn’t bring their animals. Two decades later, the human–animal bond remains as strong as ever and yet our disaster infrastructure still struggles to support it.
The Problem With Today’s Tools
Despite billions in funding for emergency management, most systems in use today were built 15–20 years ago. They’ve since been patched for the cloud, but they remain single-tenant, cumbersome, and outdated. None have explicit features for animal care, owner reunification, or pet evacuation logistics. That gap has forced nonprofits and volunteers to fill in the blanks with spreadsheets, shared inboxes, and hacked-together hotlines.
Enter Transfur Line
Transfur Line is the first AI-native enterprise disaster response platform designed to streamline operations during emergencies — with the animal–human bond built into its DNA.
Its first module, Hotline Management, allows agencies to spin up a localized phone and text hotline in under five minutes. Incoming calls and messages are automatically centralized in an agency dashboard where staff can route, tag, and respond in real time — no external setup, no spreadsheets, no downtime.
Future modules will extend this system into full-scale incident and resource management, including:
- Cross-agency collaboration and command structure alignment
- Personnel and volunteer assignment
- Predictive analytics for resource deployment
- AI-powered workflows to triage needs automatically
Why Government Agencies Should Act Now
With the FOUND Act now law in California — and similar legislation likely to follow in other states — agencies will soon be required to demonstrate concrete plans for animal evacuation, sheltering, and reunification.
Transfur Line gives local governments:
- Compliance readiness out of the box for new state mandates
- Rapid deployment of local hotlines and communication channels during crises
- Integrated data visibility across departments and partner organizations
- AI-powered insights that help predict, not just react to, emergencies
Unlike legacy systems still catching up to the cloud, Transfur Line was built natively for it — meaning faster rollouts, secure multi-tenant architecture, and the ability to adapt quickly as policies and disasters evolve.
A Smarter, More Humane Future
Disaster response technology should not lag behind the compassion of the people it serves. Pets are family, and the infrastructure that protects families must reflect that reality.
As agencies across the country begin updating their emergency plans, Transfur Line stands ready to help them comply with new mandates, strengthen inter-agency coordination, and — most importantly — save more lives, human and animal alike.
To learn more or schedule a demo, visit transfurline.com.