A four-legged member of the San Francisco Fire Department made history this week, becoming the first ‘Incident Support Canine’ to be deployed to a wildfire in California.
Sadie, a yellow labrador, is currently stationed around 350 miles north of San Francisco in Siskiyou County at the Shelly Fire. According to CalFire on Sunday, the fire has burned 14,965 acres and is 3 percent contained."They’re working incredibly hard on the lines and they come down in the evening, after working for hours on end, and Sadie’s here to greet them," said the dog's handler, San Francisco firefighter Christina Gibbs.
"Gibbs said Sadie had to undergo 1000 hours of training, about a year’s worth, to become certified for her role at the department in 2021. Before the wildfire, much of her work revolved around helping those impacted by emergencies in San Francisco cope with the aftermath. "We call it the ultimate icebreaker. So when someone’s trying to talk about the critical incident that they just were involved in, sometimes petting a dog relaxes them enough to be able to speak," said Gibbs.
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