![]() A common myth is that Dalmatians are kept in fire houses because unlike other breeds, the loud sound of the siren won’t hurt their ears.Top 5 Life Saving First Aid Tricks Everyone Should Know.Fire Hydrant Colors Actually Mean Something.A Dog’s Mouth is Not Cleaner Than a Human’s Mouth.Dogs and Cats are Typically Right or Left Pawed.If you liked this article, you might also enjoy our new popular podcast, The BrainFood Show ( iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, Feed), as well as: Of course, at this point any dog could be used, and sometimes that’s the case, but given the long standing tradition of using Dalmatians, it seems likely they will remain the dog of choice at many fire stations for the foreseeable future. Instead, they turned into fire station mascots, particularly popular when firefighters go around teaching kids about fire safety. Their usefulness spent, Dalmatians might have vanished from fire stations altogether. When the much more efficient motorized fire trucks were created, there were no longer horses for Dalmatians to keep company and no need for them to run ahead of the trucks to alert people that the fire brigade was coming-there were sirens for that now. Not only that, but once they were back at the fire house, the Dalmatian were often trained to sniff out and kill rats and other vermin-kind of like having a barking cat that was far less lazy than a meowing mouse-catcher. (Can you blame them?) While the firemen unloaded their equipment and rushed off to put the fire out, their trusty Dalmatians would stay with the cart, keeping the horses calm and guarding the firemen’s belongings. The horses were also a bit leery of being so close to burning buildings when it came time to stop. The Dalmatian would scare away anything that might spook the horses, and also just as importantly served as the first “siren.” Its bark would alert pedestrians on the road that the fire brigade was on its way, and to move off the street. English aristocrats soon picked up on the practice of having Dalmatians follow their carriages and the dogs even became something of a symbol of social status- the more Dalmatians that ran alongside your carriage, the wealthier you must be.īack to Dalmatians and the horse-drawn fire carriages- because of the dogs’ strong work ethic and stamina, they typically didn’t have any trouble keeping up with the carriages even when they were flying down the roads at high speeds. When the travellers rested for the night, the dogs were also useful for standing guard over the horses and the people’s belongings. As stated by the Dalmatian Club of America, the English felt that Dalmatians had the “strength, vitality, fortitude and size to keep running along under the carriage for hundreds of miles.” TV 9 & 10 was on hand to film the event and you can catch their broadcast here.Besides being known for forming strong bonds with horses, in the early 1700s, it was observed that Dalmatians were perfectly suited for travelling long distances. ![]() He and Kali make 400 presentations a year to about 400,000 kids across the country. This Kasey is the fifth-generation fire dog. All the different skills we teach the kids the dogs physically do all those skills.” So the dogs stop drop and roll, they check a door to see if it’s hot, they crawl under the smoke. “Instead of the kids having an adult stand in front of them and talk to them all day every day which is something they get every day, the dogs are the educators. Kasey’s owner, Jeff Owens of Kasey Fire Safety, says dogs are great teachers. This is the Kasey Fire Safety Program, started 25 years ago by an Indianapolis firefighter and his dog, Kasey. This week, Traverse City Christian School received a visit from Kasey the Fire Dog and his sister, Kali, to teach kids about the importance of knowing what to do in case of a fire or another emergency. There’s not much that gets students fired up more than a visit from some dogs.
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