High Angle Animal Rescue

Photo Courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department

At approximately 16:20 on December 17th, 2021 the Colorado Springs Fire Department responded to the 200 block of Sawatch Ave. for a high angle rescue. Once en route dispatch advised a dog had jumped from the 4th floor of one building and landed on the roof of another. While still en route, the Colorado Springs Communications Center received another call from a passerby and stated the owner was now on the roof with the dog and confirmed the owner was not injured, only the dog. Truck 1 arrived on scene to find a Great Dane on top of the roof and requested humane society to respond out for the animal. Truck 1 was able to extricate the animal and it’s owner from the roof and handed the animal over to El Paso County Animal Law Enforcement. Truck 1 and 73 then returned to service.

Units on Scene: Truck 1 & 73 (EMS Liaison/PIO)

El Paso County Animal Law Enforcement

Photo Courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department

Photo Courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department

Photo Courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department

Photo Courtesy of the Colorado Springs Fire Department