There was a fire in a kitchen in Dartford and the family had all got out but hadn’t managed to get the parrot out. “One animal rescue I remember very clearly was rescuing a parrot. He tells us about an animal rescue that stayed with him before becoming a fire investigation dog handler. He works with Sherlock, a Cocker Spaniel.īefore becoming a fire investigator, he worked as a firefighter. Paul Osborn is a Fire Investigation Officer and Hydrocarbon Dog Handler for the London Fire Brigade. "I’d like to think he was waiting for her when she crossed the rainbow bridge herself and showed her the ropes, oh, and where all the best places were for finding tennis balls!” I found her there, lying, with her head resting on the body of the deceased dog, she stayed there for several minutes before returning to my side and pressing herself, harder than usual, against my leg, it was as though she’d comforted the dog, said her piece, wished him well and seen him over rainbow bridge, before returning to me for some comfort of her own. “Upon completion of our search, Ellie made her way to the front garden of the property. “I attended a house fire in which a dog had tragically died, we had removed the dog and placed him under a sheet in the front garden, I searched the house with Ellie, her behaviour visibly changed when she searched the area the body of the dog had been recovered from. Mat also shares a story about one of his one of his previous working dogs, Ellie. “Kai found two kittens in a burnt out house, they were hiding and Kai kept sniffing at where they were, I investigated, discovered them, (unharmed) and we put them in a police car and notified the owners who came and collected them.” He tells us about the time Kai discovered two kittens in amongst the remains of a house fire. Mat Dixon is a Fire Investigation Dog Handler for the West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS). Pictured above, Carrie, the Collie Reqs discovered in the rubble "The dog had been missing for 3 days and it was only when we attended the scene that the Collie was located alive and well by Reqs during his search.” “Reqs’s highlight of his career was rescuing a Collie dog from under a rubble pile following a house explosion that we were assisting our fire investigation colleagues with in Essex Fire and Rescue Service. She tells us about the time he saved another dog’s life. Nikki Harvey is a Fire Investigation Dog Handler for Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service. Their handlers shared with us some of their most memorable rescues and what makes their dogs truly amazing. In some cases, what may take them a few hours would take humans days or even weeks. What makes the dog ideal for this job is the speed at which they can search, powered by their nose. Their job is to search the scenes of fires and their surrounding areas quickly and efficiently, highlighting areas of interest that samples should be taken from, helping to gather potentially vital evidence which rules in (or out) crimes, such as arson. Meet Kai, Sherlock and Reqs – three crime-fighting fire investigation dogs. Not all heroes wear capes, some wear special boots and work for the simple reward of a tennis ball.
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