South Gulf Fire Rescue to carry pet first aid supplies
Beginning this month, all South Gulf Fire Rescue emergency vehicles will be carrying life saving pet first aid kits.
The kits were assembled by SGFR team members Jennifer Mobley and Carter Foy.
Each kit contains three sizes of O2 masks for both cats and dogs, received from Invisible Fence of North Florida. Also included is water, bandages, wound cleansers, hot/cold packs and wraps for Pet First Aid courtesy of SGCVFD, Inc, the 501-C-3 nonprofit that supports South Gulf Fire Rescue, and an anonymous donor on Cape San Blas.
“Our goal here at South Gulf Fire Rescue is to save lives,” said SGFR’s Fire Chief Mike Barrett, “whether they walk on two legs or four legs.”
Meet the Editor
Wendy Weitzel, The Star’s digital editor, joined the news outlet in August 2021, as a reporter covering primarily Gulf County.
Prior to then, she interned for Oklahoma-based news wire service Gaylord News and for Oklahoma City-based online newspaper NonDoc.com during her four years at the University of Oklahoma, from which she graduated in May with degrees in online journalism and political science.
While at OU, Weitzel was selected as Carnegie-Knight News21 Investigative Fellow among 30 top journalism students from around the country. She also was senior editor managing a 12-person newsroom in coordination with Oklahoma Watch, a non-profit news organization in eastern Oklahoma.