Fire fighters are ready for most anything. Car wrecks — check. Fires — check. And in the case of the Eclectic Fire Department, rescuing dogs also makes the list..
The department was paged out to a fire on Claud Fleehop Road Wednesday afternoon.
“We were told there was fire visible from beneath the home,” Eclectic fire chief Josh Dorminey said. “Dispatch said all residents had gotten out.”
Submitted / TPI Elmore County firefighters put out a fire at Claud Fleahop Road home Wednesday afternoon. In the process they saved two dogs.
The Tallassee, Red Hill and Friendship volunteer fire departments were also paged out.
Firefighters got to the home with smoke inside and flames under it. The residents were out but two dogs remained in the home.
Inside the smoke filled home Eclectic fire fighters quickly located the first dog unharmed. The second dog was found lethargic by Tallassee firefighters and passed off to the Eclectic crew.
“We put a pet oxygen mask on him,” Dorminey said. “He bounced back pretty quickly.”
The home sustained damage and the American Red Cross was contacted to help the family.
Dorminey said the department is prepared to resuscitate animals. Wednesday’s rescue was the second the department has made.
“We got the pet masks a few years ago when an organization came through offering them to fire and EMS departments,” Dorminey said. “We gladly put them on the trucks when we got them.”
