SCVNews.com | L.A. County Firefighters in SCV Embrace Therapy Dog Echo
Don’t be surprised to find dog toys lying around Fire Station 107. The Canyon Country firehouse is the first in the Los Angeles County Fire Department to welcome a comfort dog to its team. Echo is a 4-year-old yellow Labrador. She joined the department last June thanks to Jake Windell, a firefighter/paramedic and Echo’s handler. “When we’re getting up around 5, 5:30 (a.m.) to come to work, right away you can hear her tail wagging because she knows it’s a work day,” said Windell. Echo and Windell are always together, he said. In the mornings, Windell rides his truck into the sta...