On Feb. 11, a workforce of firefighters in Colorado rescued a 155-pound St. Bernard who had fallen by means of the ice and into freezing waters.

The canine, named Mumford, was struggling to get out of the water and onto the shoreline – main his house owners to make a 911 name, in keeping with the Adams County Hearth Rescue workforce in Denver.

Mumford’s proprietor was taking the canine for a stroll after they determined decide up a rock and skip it throughout the ice on Jim Baker Reservoir, Captain Jason Seitz of Adams County Hearth Rescue advised Fox Information Digital.

Mumford went after the rock onto the freezing ice main him 50-75 toes away from the shoreline earlier than falling by means of, Seitz stated.

Seitz and his workforce had been dispatched at 3:22 pm and arrived shortly on the scene at 3:27 pm.

His workforce arrived on the shoreline and a rescuer was on the ice by 3:31 earlier than rescuing the canine at 3:32 pm., Seitz stated.

“The ice rescue course of begins on the time of dispatch from the hearth station,” Seitz commented.

The firefighter who acts because the rescuer on the scene “dons the ice rescue PPE ‘Mustang Go well with’” on the station earlier than leaving. The swimsuit retains rescuers heat in chilly water.

After arriving on the scene, Seitz and his workforce put together for the rescue.

“The rescuer is then tethered to a rope line that can have two firefighters on shore tending the road. The rescuer then walks or crawls, relying on the thickness of the ice, to the sufferer within the water,” Seitz shared.

“[As the] rescuer [makes] their option to the sufferer, they’re speaking with the sufferer or animal by calling it by identify,” he added. “The rescuer then enters the water to the facet of the sufferer, continuing the get behind the sufferer, assists them out of the water and onto the shore.”

After Mumford was rescued, the workforce didn’t report any indicators of harm.

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“We dried Mumford off and the proprietor walked Mumford residence with none indicators of trauma from the incident,” Seitz recalled.

The Adams County Hearth Rescue workforce praised Mumford’s house owners for his or her response to the incident, in keeping with social media posts asserting the rescue.

What to do if an individual or animal falls by means of ice

Seitz shared with Fox Information Digital the easiest way to reply if a person or pet has fallen by means of ice on a physique of water.

“In case you witness a sufferer or animal that falls by means of the ice, discover a landmark round or behind the sufferer of the place they had been final seen. Then, name 911 for assist. Don’t try to rescue your self,” he suggested.

He added, “This might trigger the rescue to contain two or extra victims which are wanted to be rescued. The most secure plan is to stay on shore and in verbal contact, if doable, with the sufferer or animal.”