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Firefighters at the Goodlettsville Fire Department near Nashville, Tennessee, have become unexpected caregivers for more than a dozen ducklings they rescued from a storm drain.”People joke about firemen getting cats out of trees. I’ve personally been on calls where we’ve gotten horses out of ponds,” said Capt. Ryan Stone of the Goodlettsville Fire Department.”We do 24 hour shifts. We are on for 24 hours, off for 48,” Stone added.The rescue operation began when a concerned citizen rang the bell at the fire station. “I saw there was a sign to ring the bell, so I rung the doorbell,” said Megan Dorse, the concerned citizen.”Shortly after breakfast, we had a concerned citizen come to the front door of the station and ring the bell,” Stone recalled.The firefighters then discovered the ducklings. “We searched all around and never could find the mother duck. We couldn’t just responsibly leave them out in the wild,” Stone explained.Dorse had spotted the ducklings across the street from the fire department. She managed to rescue a few, but there were more trapped in a nearby storm drain. “Ducks out of a storm drain; not the strangest one we’ve been on,” Stone commented.The firefighters have been taking care of the ducklings, who have already been brought to the Double Duck Rescue in Columbia. “It’s been really good. Everybody in the house has spent time taking care of the ducks. Checking on them. Seeing them. I think everybody on the shift that has kids, their kids have come by to check them out, seeing them,” Stone said.The Tractor Supply Company also donated materials necessary for the fire department to take care of the ducklings. The firefighters are now looking forward to the safe travels of their lucky ducks.
Firefighters at the Goodlettsville Fire Department near Nashville, Tennessee, have become unexpected caregivers for more than a dozen ducklings they rescued from a storm drain.
“People joke about firemen getting cats out of trees. I’ve personally been on calls where we’ve gotten horses out of ponds,” said Capt. Ryan Stone of the Goodlettsville Fire Department.
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“We do 24 hour shifts. We are on for 24 hours, off for 48,” Stone added.
The rescue operation began when a concerned citizen rang the bell at the fire station.
“I saw there was a sign to ring the bell, so I rung the doorbell,” said Megan Dorse, the concerned citizen.
“Shortly after breakfast, we had a concerned citizen come to the front door of the station and ring the bell,” Stone recalled.
The firefighters then discovered the ducklings.
“We searched all around and never could find the mother duck. We couldn’t just responsibly leave them out in the wild,” Stone explained.
Dorse had spotted the ducklings across the street from the fire department. She managed to rescue a few, but there were more trapped in a nearby storm drain.
“Ducks out of a storm drain; not the strangest one we’ve been on,” Stone commented.
The firefighters have been taking care of the ducklings, who have already been brought to the Double Duck Rescue in Columbia.
“It’s been really good. Everybody in the house has spent time taking care of the ducks. Checking on them. Seeing them. I think everybody on the shift that has kids, their kids have come by to check them out, seeing them,” Stone said.
The Tractor Supply Company also donated materials necessary for the fire department to take care of the ducklings. The firefighters are now looking forward to the safe travels of their lucky ducks.
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