Fire departments get animal-rescue kits

The Gnadenhutten and Tuscarawas-Warwick Volunteer fire departments each have received two animal rescue oxygen kits from Invisible Fence of Canton as part of their Project Breathe initiative.

The donations will be made during the March 19 Gnadenhutten Village Council meeting.

Fire department personnel will demonstrate how the equipment works.

The masks enable firefighters to administer oxygen to pets, rescued during fires, that are suffering from smoke inhalation. Project Breathe has donated more than 9,500 kits to fire stations in North America to date.

While statistics aren?t kept by the U.S. Fire Administration, an estimated 40,000 to 150,000 pets die in home fires each year, most from smoke inhalation, according to industry trackers.

Source: http://www.timesreporter.com/news/x503110592/Fire-departments-get-animal-rescue-kits

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