Today is Pet Fire Safety Day!
This is close to our hearts. As yous guys know, we live in a teenie tiny town in the middle of nowhere. We have a volunteer fire department (our human brother is a member). In Canada, there are over 126 thousand Volunteer Firefighters currently protecting our communities. Of the more than one-million firefighters in the US, 65% of them are volunteers, according to data from the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC). Of the more than 29,000 fire departments across the country, almost 19,000 of them are run completely by volunteers!
These guys and girls practice every week, not only to fight house fires, but to help people who have had bad car accidents, they work as part of an organized, trained team to respond to emergency situations, They safely protect citizens in times of crisis, provide pre-hospital care for victims,
They learn fire suppression and public education and maintain the fire station and upkeep of firefighting equipment!
That's a big job!
To help fire fighters, when they come to our home, Mom has stickers on the front and and back door that tells the firefighters how many pets there are in the house.
Here in the wilderness, we also have to worry about wildfires. Especially since summers are so very hot. We have GO BAGS. There are many sites online that tell you what things you need to have in your GO BAGS or kits. Ours are packed and ready in the garage. It includes extra leashes and collars (including for us cats), a 5 gallon jug of water and 4 days of food, blankets and (of course) toys, each of us cats has a carrier, there is a dog crate for our Nutmeg. Here she is, trying it out in the car!
Nutmeg is a NUTCASE! She got into our catnip!
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I'm enjoying the heat!
