MAHNOMEN, Minn. – First responders with the Mahnomen Volunteer Fire Department have received two animal rescue oxygen mask kits through a donation from Invisible Fence.
The donation is part of a national effort called Project Breathe to equip fire stations across the U.S. and Canada with specifically designed animal oxygen mask sets.
Although the number of pets that die in fires is not an official statistic kept by the U.S. Fire Administration, it is estimated that 40,000 to as many as 150,000 pets die each year in fires, most succumbing to smoke inhalation.
