Iowa teen raises $2,000 to provide life-saving devices for pets to fire departments Share Updated: 10:25 PM CST Jan 15, 2021 Share Updated: 10:25 PM CST Jan 15, 2021
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Show Transcript IN THE SENATE TRIAL. STACEY: NEW AT 10:00, A CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR MAKING IT HER MISSION TO BRING LIFE-SAVING DEPARTMENTS. STEV CAFRLEY DEERY SAID SHE GOT THE IDEA AFTER HEARING ABOUT HER FIREFIGHTER FATHER IN ACTION. HER PLAN COULD HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF PLENTY OF PETS. REPORTER: HOUSE FIRES CLAIM THE LIVES OF AROUND 40,000 PETS EACH YEAR. THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ATTRIBUTES MANY OF THOSE DEATHS TO SMOKE INHALATION. A GOOD CHANCE OF SURVIVAL ARE PET OX YEN MASKS, A DEVICE CARLEY DEERY IS GRATEFUL HER DAD, A DEMOIRN FIREFIGHTER HAD, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. HIS AMBULANCE DIDN T HAVE ONE, HE GOT TO BORROW IT FROM ANOTHER ONE. DAVID DEERY SAID HE S SEEN THE MASKS USED A LOT. EITHER PUT THE PET S HEAD OR THEIR NOSE INTO THIS MASK AN