2024-05-04T12:01:39Z https://my.firefighternation.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=ellenton&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:my.firefighternation.com,2012-02-18:889755:Video:6156815 2012-02-18T22:20:40.882Z Shawn https://my.firefighternation.com/profile/chemstar220

<a href="https://my.firefighternation.com/video/nutty-squirrel-caught-on-tape-pulling-school-fire-alarm"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1940937770?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Ellenton, Florida:<br></br> Security cameras at the Blackburn Elementary school in Manatee County, Florida, caught a squirrel climbing a wall and seemingly deliberately pulling one of the school’s fire alarms, setting off an evacuation and a visit from the fire department.<br></br> <br></br> Todd Henson, director of maintenance and operations for Manatee…

<a href="https://my.firefighternation.com/video/nutty-squirrel-caught-on-tape-pulling-school-fire-alarm"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1940937770?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Ellenton, Florida:<br /> Security cameras at the Blackburn Elementary school in Manatee County, Florida, caught a squirrel climbing a wall and seemingly deliberately pulling one of the school’s fire alarms, setting off an evacuation and a visit from the fire department.<br /> <br /> Todd Henson, director of maintenance and operations for Manatee County Schools was glad it was a critter and not a student that had triggered the false alarm, otherwise the district would have had to pay a fine to the fire department.<br /> <br /> As for the fate of the squirrel, Henson told MyFox Tampa Bay, “It’s really hard to fine a squirrel, so he got a stern lecture and was released outside.”