Zagreb City Fire Department Firefighters

Rescue Dog Stuck in a Hole
 

Date/Time of Occurrence: October 1, 2005 , 15:23 a.m.

Nature of Occurrence: Animal rescue

Location: Tresnjevka, Zagreb

First-In Station: Station 1-Savska

Cause:-.

Animal Rescue:1

Number of Animal Injured: 1

Number of Firefighters Injured: 0

Incident Duration: 30 min.

No. of Vetenerian Units: 1

Total No. of Truck: 2

Total No. of Firefighters: 4 

Short description:

Zagreb, Croatia - It took two fire trucks and four firefighters but young Dalmatian dog is no longer stuck in a hole.

Last week, after 10-month-old dog fall in the hole worrieng citizens called Zagreb Fire Department. They didn’t need to use tripod or other confined space equipment-eventually one Firefighter managed to pull dog free with his hands. "These are things you don't learn about in fire academy at all," says one of the firefighters involved in rescue. After successfully rescue, young dog was pretty scared but managed to pose for the picture with rescuers.