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September 28, 2021

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Brooke Fire Rescue now has equipment to save a few furry lives, thanks to Glen Bailey of Invisible Fence. He’s donated two pet oxygen mask kits as part of the company’s campaign to get breathing equipment to every fire station in North America. While records aren’t kept, it’s estimated up to 150,000 pets die in fires yearly.

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