Check out the WDIO TV news video from the Eden Prairie BART training on this link.
Laura Kennedy, WDIO News Reporter from Duluth attended the Eden Prairie Fire Department BART training and ran this story on their channel on Monday evening, March 1, 2010. [...]
E5 got a call from Powderhorn Park workers about a dog trapped on the island. Animal Control said they wouldn't deal w/ a dog over open water or ice. We responded to check it out. We'd been there earlier in the day to pre-plan responding in case someone went t [...]
Mary Ann Land
On November 7th, 2007, St Croix EMS Chief Eric Christensen arrived at a fully engulfed house fire in Hudson, Wisconsin and was handed a lethargic, burned puppy that had been pulled from the flames. Remembering his BART training, Eric checked th [...]
Rich Schmitt, NREMT-P, BART Volunteer
The entire Andover Fire Department underwent BART training on April 25, 2007 and within two weeks used their new skills and equipment to assist 4 pet cats that were recovered from house fires. Just three hours after co [...]
Rich Schmitt, NREMT-P, BART Volunteer
The Minneapolis Fire Department and its Basic Animal Rescue Training (BART) trained rescuers score big with residents. On November 27, 2006, while tending to an injured motorist, firefighters sensed the elderly woman's [...]
EMT-Paramedic Scott Tomek was working for the North Saint Paul fire department on Christmas Eve of 2005. The department was called to a house fire, the home of a family attending church service. As they were putting out the flames, they encountered a minimally [...]
From The Woodbury Public Safety Department
Dr. Janet Olson,In the past two weeks we have had two interesting calls where people you trained in BART responded.
Going Above and Beyond
Situation number one on March 4th involved Police-Paramedic officer Jef [...]
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March 1, 2010 – Eden Prairie Fire Department BART training TV News Story
Check out the WDIO TV news video from the Eden Prairie BART training on this link. Laura Kennedy, WDIO News Reporter from Duluth attended the Eden Prairie Fire Department BART training and ran this story on their channel on Monday evening, March 1, 2010. [...]
Ice/Open Water Puppy Rescue
E5 got a call from Powderhorn Park workers about a dog trapped on the island. Animal Control said they wouldn't deal w/ a dog over open water or ice. We responded to check it out. We'd been there earlier in the day to pre-plan responding in case someone went t [...]
Puppy Saved from Hudson Home Fire
Mary Ann Land On November 7th, 2007, St Croix EMS Chief Eric Christensen arrived at a fully engulfed house fire in Hudson, Wisconsin and was handed a lethargic, burned puppy that had been pulled from the flames. Remembering his BART training, Eric checked th [...]
Andover Fire Department BART Training was Just in Time!
Rich Schmitt, NREMT-P, BART Volunteer The entire Andover Fire Department underwent BART training on April 25, 2007 and within two weeks used their new skills and equipment to assist 4 pet cats that were recovered from house fires. Just three hours after co [...]
Minneapolis Firefighters Team up with BART to Make a Difference
Rich Schmitt, NREMT-P, BART Volunteer The Minneapolis Fire Department and its Basic Animal Rescue Training (BART) trained rescuers score big with residents. On November 27, 2006, while tending to an injured motorist, firefighters sensed the elderly woman's [...]
I’m Dreaming of a BART Christmas?
EMT-Paramedic Scott Tomek was working for the North Saint Paul fire department on Christmas Eve of 2005. The department was called to a house fire, the home of a family attending church service. As they were putting out the flames, they encountered a minimally [...]
A Letter of Success and Appreciation
From The Woodbury Public Safety Department Dr. Janet Olson,In the past two weeks we have had two interesting calls where people you trained in BART responded. Going Above and Beyond Situation number one on March 4th involved Police-Paramedic officer Jef [...]