Most Fire Companies, at one time or another run across unusual calls that, well, are unusual. One of ours was when we were called to a home on the outskirts of town to rescue a woman whom was up to her elbow in porcelain. Seems she had dropped a ring in the commode and was trying to retrieve it. Unfortunately, for her, she was unable to extricate her arm as well. We saved her arm, but the commode was not as lucky.

Another of ours was well documented. The following photos illustrate one of our more famous rescues. At the edge of town, sometime in the winter months, just as the chill in the air was beginning to glaze the top of a nearby pond, a little duck spent a few too many minutes frolicking in the refreshing water and became entrapped. A call went out to the local fire company (who else would you call? ducks in a pond aren't much different than cats in a tree).