HUBER HEIGHTS — Huber Heights firefighters faced a unique rescue situation this week after they were called to help retrieve a pet macaw that had flown into a tree.
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Nash, a 48-year-old rescue bird, had flown off into a tree that was next to her owner’s home Wednesday, a Huber Heights Fire Division spokesperson said in a Facebook post. Fire crews responded with a ladder truck to assess the situation and see if they could make a rescue without substantial risk to fire crews or equipment, the spokesperson said.
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Firefighters placed the ladder truck in the air after Nash was spotted in an ideal position to be rescued.
“Ladder 22′s operator placed the aerial ladder in a perfect spot enabling Firefighter Mike to ascend the ladder with a towel in one hand and a quick briefing from the owner in his head,” the spokesperson said in the social media post.
“Firefighter Mike was able to quickly climb the ladder and cover Nash with the towel as instructed and pull her from the tree.”
Nash was returned safely to her owner and firefighters returned to a training exercise after the rescue.
1 Unit Firefighters responded to a service call where they were able to safely rescue a Macaw named Nash. Nash a beautiful 48 year old rescue bird had been freighted and flew off to a neighbors tree. Our personnel drove to the location and assessed the situation to see if we could be of any assistance without taking any undue risk to our personnel or equipment. Nash had positioned herself in a perfect spot for the utilization of our aerial device (ladder). We called for Ladder 22 to respond to the scene. Ladder 22's operator placed the aerial ladder in a perfect spot enabling Firefighter Mike to ascend the ladder with a towel in one hand and a quick briefing from the owner in his head. Firefighter Mike was able to quickly climb the ladder and cover Nash with the towel as instructed and pull her from the tree. Nash is now back on the ground with her owners and Ladder 22 is back at it on the training grounds. #HHFD
Posted by Huber Heights Fire Division on Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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