Oakdale, Pennsylvania – On Saturday, the North Fayette Township Volunteer Fire Department said their first rescue of the month involved an observant off-duty firefighter who noticed something amiss with a family of ducks. According to the fire agency, firefighter Matt Kline was enroute to the local Home Depot store to get some supplies when he saw a distraught mother duck near a storm drain.
The agency said:
Matt quickly investigated and saw ducklings at the bottom of the drain and requested assistance via our internal chat, while assistance was enroute the Klines started their own rescue efforts.
5 ducklings in total were rescued, two prior to FD equipment’s arrival by the Klines and 3 with the help of the Fire Department.
The last duckling was 30 feet down a drainpipe and had to be flushed out with water from an engine. In the end, all of the ducklings were rescued and reunited with their mom, who had been calming standing nearby while the firefighters worked to rescue her babies.
The fire agency added:
These calls not only help animals in distress, but are good for us as they often require us to stretch our brains in thinking outside of the box when it comes to tools available to us on our rescue truck to achieve goals beyond cutting an accident victim out of a car or putting a fire out, and all in a low stress environment.
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