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| Halifax Cat Rescue (March19th 2012) On March 19th 2012, at 1230 EPPC and SSDART were call for a cat trapped in a tree in Halifax Massachusetts. The cat had been trapped for several days and was in declining health. The owner of the cat requested a response so the cat could be taken in for a medical evaluation. At 1235 EPPC Victor 2 Chris D'Arpino activated EPPC and SSDART Strike Team Red to respond to the scene for rescue operations. Kevin Dyer, EPPC Safety Officer responder as well as Andy Marshall and Bridget Hatch. D'Arpino had command of the scene and Dyer had the safety. Andy Marshall was the rescuer. Andy deployed tree spikes to climb about 40ft to the cat's location. Once he arrived at the cat he was able to move the cat in to a bag and lower the cat to V2 on the ground. An assessment was conducted of the cat and the cat seem to be in stable condition. The cat was take in to a vet for a proper medical review. Marshall defenced the tree and the operation was terminated. The over all rescue took 11 minuets and the start to finish time was 1 hour and 30 minuets. All units cleared the scene at 1400. No injuries or incidents took place. The rescue was a huge success and could not have went more smoothly. Video from rescue operation |






