Firefighter carries cat to owner

“We know that your pets are your family and we take their safety very seriously…”

In this short video a Phoenix firefighter hands over a grey cat that he has rescued from an apartment fire to his/her grateful owner who immediately places him into a cat carrier. It is relatively undramatic. There are no tears or cries of joy. But there is gratitude and relief that her cat is safe once again.

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It is the first time I have seen an actual handover of a rescued cat to their owner by firefighters.

Without being overly critical, the firefighter is handling the cat in a less than ideal way. There is no support for the lower part of the cat’s body. It is a bit strange to see this because it is obviously better to support the cat by providing a platform for the hind legs to rest on. Anyway I am being too picky. This is another great cat rescue. One more feline life saved by firefighters; public servants.

There are many examples of firefighters saving the lives of cats. Sadly many are killed in house fires while their owners escape. There is a question mark over that statistic. A common cat news story is the loss of life of a pet in a fire. It bemuses me somewhat as to how it happens. Some firefighters have specialist oxygen masks for cats and dogs because smoke inhalation is a common cause of injury and death for pets in house fires.

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