The Fond du Lac animal shelter manager says she supports a change in state law that would allow first responders to treat pets when responding to an emergency. Two bills would give first responders immunity for treating animals during an emergency call and would protect responders who don’t aid animals. Animal shelter manager Renee Webb says time can be a matter of life or death for a pet. Webb says she remembers a specific case where paramedics responded to a heat stroke victim, but left a pet dog in the home. “Over the years I’ve often wondered if some very basic things had happened for that dog, if he had been taken out of the house, if the cooling process had started, if the paramedics had been trained to assist the dog would that have increased his chances for survival,” Webb told WFDL news. Many fire departments across t he state have specialized equipment to aid animals. But the departments don’t receive special training for handling animals nor do they have a written protocol for saving animals. All the departments prioritize saving human life first.
