Rescuing Cats from trees?

We had this HUGE discussion in school about firefighting, and the first words my friend (he's from another country) said about Firefighters is that they put out fires and rescue animals from high places.

Has your company gone to rescue a cat, or maybe even a dog, from a high point?

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Permalink Reply by Gregory Borg on January 11, 2011 at 11:39am

You make me chuckle!

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Permalink Reply by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on January 11, 2011 at 11:40am

"We solve problems" Amen Vic my brother

We rescue... that is what we do...

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Permalink Reply by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on January 11, 2011 at 11:42am

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Permalink Reply by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on January 11, 2011 at 11:43am

Oh yes they do... mine do... and Crabbe is right... with his attitude my kitties would eat him for lunch...

my 3-month old kitten - Zoomba - below could take down Crabbe...

She's SOOOOOOOOOO SCARY...

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Permalink Reply by Capt. Chris W. Button on January 11, 2011 at 12:01pm

Back in 1993, I was an officer in our local volunteer rescue squad. During the after effects of an ice storm, someone called and said their cat was stuck down in a drainage ditch. One of the guys wanted to take the rescue truck to rescue the cat. They had called the Fire Dept and they weren't going to come. I said no way, no how. Our priority is vehicle extrication for the citizens not rescuing a cat. I told him the cat will come out by itself.

Despite me wanting to physically restrain him, (read: beat the crap out of him) the guy and his partner took off to get the cat. I was extremely ticked to say the least. When they got back, I asked what happened. He sheepishly said that when they put the extension ladder down in the ditch, the cat scampered up the side and ran off through the yard.

I tried to get the guy kicked out or at least suspended and the rest of our BOD were divided as to punishment. Because we had so few active members, nothing happened. A few days later, when we needed a body to fill a shift, no one else would do it. So this guy filled in. After that, it was back to business as usual.

I am no longer in that organization. I try to use common sense in these situations, but not everyone else seems to use it. Huntsville Fire, my current dept, will not respond to animal rescues unless some idiot citizen tries it themselves and gets in trouble.

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Permalink Reply by Rachel on January 11, 2011 at 12:03pm

My cat got stuck in a 33? foot oak tree. Went up after a bird or squirrel and got herself stuck. Stayed up for just about a day, then my mom got worried about her. Coulda called the fire dept. but did not. (By the way-my house is far from the public eye) Instead my dad got his 20 foot extension ladder, a broom, and his truck. We put the ladder in the bed of the pick-up truck and raised it completly. I can't rememeber exactly how he got that cat down~but he did not hurt himself, the rest of the family, or the cat in the process. I now know it was ridiculessly stupid, but this was 4 years ago!

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Permalink Reply by Phoenix on January 11, 2011 at 12:08pm

Nope..Just the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Permalink Reply by Patti Walz on January 11, 2011 at 12:25pm

She is sooooo cute

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Permalink Reply by Avery Dale on January 11, 2011 at 12:27pm

We generally try to do animal rescue's especially if it's for an elderly person or child, good PR. We have pulled livestock out of ponds & wells. We've even rigged a STOKES basket with a pulley system to pull a massive dog up a hill who was too old & arthritic to get back up himself.

As far as cat's in trees, it gets one chance to come down peacefully. If it climbs higher as we come up & the owner still insist it comes down, it gets a 1.5" at 100psi.