In the early years, a Dalmatian had two primary purposes as a fire dog: to clear the way for the horse-drawn engines as they raced through the streets and to offer comforting reassurance to the ...

“Molly was a really smart dog, she loved to learn,” Hilton told USA TODAY. She trained Molly – and her first Dalmatian, Sparkles the fire safety dog – how to demonstrate crawling low and ...

Named for Dalmatia, a region in Croatia on the Adriatic coast, the Dalmatian ... in the fire service, in memory of the key role they once played. Dalmatians are medium-sized dogs.

The dogs can help at fire scenes. Striefler recalled a house ... "He's a big, traditional American Dalmatian who's just clumsy and lumbering." Lawler said Philli is still coming into his own.

A local girl is helping her community fire department raise money to care for their new firehouse dog. The department lost its old dog last fall. 28/22 News Reporter Avery Nape was there to visit the ...

Dear readers, watching the fires trucks rushing to fires in Los Angeles reminded me of the Dalmatian dogs that have been a symbol of firefighters since the 1870s. Originally, the New York Fire ...

When the fire bell rang ... “File under D for ‘dog food.’ ” – Terri Bruner, Fort Wayne “Sick and tired of the cats dominating the household Rosco the Dalmatian needed to take ...

Learn more You might expect the Dalmatian dog to have originated on the Dalmatian ... and run ahead of horse-drawn fire engines to clear the route, while also creating a calming presence for ...