Every day, firefighters risk their lives for the protection of others. In order to ensure each firefighter is prepared to face any situation, intense training and fire simulations are utilized.
Nothing prepares firefighters for the real thing quite like a training facility that can actually be set on fire. This way, firefighters can enter a controlled environment and apply the skills they've learned.
Typically, these training sessions are pretty standard, however, one particular training session would prove to be very out of the ordinary for the firefighters with the Annandale Hose Company.
The training began as it often does. The house was set on fire and began to fill up with billowing black smoke. Temperatures inside these buildings can often exceed 1,100 °F.
The firefighters entered the burning building and began their first rotation. That's when they came across something incredibly shocking.
A box of tiny, helpless kittens lay in the basement of this hellish environment. The firefighters rushed to action.
Scroll through below for a look at this miraculous rescue, and let us know what you think in the comments!
[H/T: The Dodo]
Firefighters from the Annandale Hose Company in New Jersey came in for work on a Monday, ready for their training exercise at the Hunterdon County Emergency Service Training Center in Clinton Township, NJ.
Although firefighters are always ready for the unexpected, this was supposed to be a typical training course.
The training center simulates basement and second-floor fires, providing firefighters with the opportunity to train in a controlled environment.
After conducting their first rotation, however, they came across several little surprises.
"We got a surprise when seven very fragile, and very scared, kittens were located and rescued inside the burning building," the firefighting company explained on their Facebook page.
The terrified kittens were lucky to have been found when they were!
The kittens were immediately rushed out to a waiting ambulance.
There, they received some much-needed oxygen and a lot of TLC.
The firefighters returned to the building to see if they could find the kittens' mother, but she was nowhere in sight.
The Township of Clinton Division of Fire's Facebook page states that they have returned to the training facility each day since finding the kittens, but so far there is no sign of her.
All seven of the adorable kittens have recovered and are receiving care from a local pet rescue.
Despite beginning their lives in possibly the worst temporary housing imaginable, these kittens are now safe and sound thanks to some heroic firefighters.
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