Back in the early years of fire when the pumpers where pulled by horses there was what we call the fire dog ( sparky). A lot of people don't know the history of the great Dalmatian. well soon you will know.

In the early years of fire the pumpers were pulled by horses. As the pumpers were being pulled to the fire a lot of the towns dogs would chase the horses and try to nip at there heals making this job of getting to the fire even harder. Trying to find a solution they came up with having a dog of there own. The purpose of the Dalmatian was to run along the side of the horses to chase the other dogs away because of there high energy and speed this was no problem for the dog.

But there is also more to the animal then that. The fire stations dog would say in the stable with the horses bring these two animals very close together. The dog and horses became very close companions. Keeping each other calm when it was needed most the fire service adopted the Dalmatian as the Fire dog.