美国流行宠物氧气面罩 帮助动物火灾逃生

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慧聪消防网5月6日编译自CBC News，2010年5月5日消息，新不伦瑞克省的居民被要求购买宠物氧气面罩，来帮助宠物在火灾中逃生。

这个倡议来自于负责消防安全的官员和动物保护人士，他们试图通过一场声势浩大的活动，来保护宠物免于火灾的威胁。

在圣约翰和肯纳贝卡西谷的消防局已经在使用这种宠物面罩了，消防局的官员表示，这些面罩对宠物的生命有很大的保障作用。

圣约翰消防队长Gerry Morris说，他们消防部门在大约一年前买了第一只宠物面具，并在不久后派上了用场。

“当消防队员在着火建筑内搜救时，我们遇到了一条狗。”Gerry Morris说。

“幸运的是，在场的消防车上有一个宠物面罩。然后，消防队员开始给狗补充氧气，它很快醒过来，几天后就痊愈了。”

从那时起，消防局收到社会捐赠的7个新宠物氧气面罩，莫里斯表示，所有消防部队在训练时学习如何使用这些面罩。

弗雷德里克顿的消防处也有宠物面罩。今年3月，在一场火灾中，一只猫被佩戴宠物氧气面罩后获救。

这种宠物面罩的价格是100美元。

动物保护协会正与消防组织一起筹集资金，来买更多的宠物氧气口罩。

动物保护协会发言人Vanessa Packman表示，这种可调整的面罩适应许多不同的宠物，可以大大提高火灾中动物的生存机会。

“这种面罩有三个尺寸，”Packman说，“最小的尺寸适合鸟或者豚鼠，而最大的那种能满足德国牧羊犬那样大体型宠物的需求。”

Packman表示，这种宠物面罩适用于那些视宠物为家人的人们。

“现在，宠物慢慢成为重要的家庭成员，人们愿意好好照顾它们，采取必要的保护措施来确保他们的安全，这是宠物氧气面罩流行的原因。”Packman说。（编译/慧聪消防网 羽卒）

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Pet oxygen masks urged for N.B.

New Brunswick residents are being asked to help pay for oxygen masks

designed to fit pets that are rescued from fires.

The request comes from fire safety officials and animal rights activists

and is part of a larger campaign to protect pets from dying in a fire.

Fire stations in Saint John and the Kennebecasis Valley already use the

masks,and officials say they have saved animals’ lives.

Gerry Morris,district fire chief of Saint John,said his fire department

bought its first pet mask about a year ago and used it soon after.

"When the fire crews did a search of the building,we did come across a

dog,” he said.

“Fortunately,the truck that was on scene had the pet mask on it. So the

firefighters started applying oxygen to the dog and it came around and

recovered after a few days."

Since then,seven new masks have been donated and Morris said all fire

units are being trained to use them.

The Fredericton Fire Department also has the pet masks. In March,a lucky

cat was given oxygen after being rescued when a fire destroyed a home.

Masks cost $100

The Society for the Protection of Animals is working with the fire marshal

to raise money to make more masks available.

Vanessa Packman,a spokesperson for the SPCA,said the masks,which can

adjust to fit many different pets,can greatly improve the chances of an

animal's survival.

"The masks are in three sizes,” Packman said. “The smallest one goes

from,say,a bird or a guinea pig,and the largest one goes on a German

shepherd."

Packman said the masks is important to many people who view their pets as a

part of the family.

"Pets are increasingly seen as family members and people are willing to

take the steps needed to protect