Saturday, June 30, 2012

Last Day to Vote for Tango the Fire Safety Dog in Hero Dog Awards!

LAST DAY TO VOTE! PLEASE VOTE AND SHARE!



The more votes that Tango receives for the Hero Dog Awards, the more awareness will be raised not only about the work on the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation, but about fire safety in general. Please VOTE BEFORE 5 PM CST TODAY!


Click the button below to cast your vote!




Friday, June 29, 2012

Sparkles' Safety Spot~ Streamed Live TODAY!

Today will be the 43rd EPISODE of Sparkles' Safety Spot! Join us this morning for Sparkles' Safety Spot at 9 A.M. CST, live from Sparkles' Clubhouse! Brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation and First Alert.


We'll learn some fun things about fire safety and we will also reveal pictures of the new Fire Safety Dog truck wrap, so you won't want to miss it!




If unable to see the video, click HERE

Friday, June 22, 2012

Today! Sparkles' Safety Spot Live From Salt Lake City, Utah!

Today will be the 42nd EPISODE of Sparkles' Safety Spot! Join us this morning for Sparkles' Safety Spot at 9 A.M. CST, live from Salt Lake City, Utah! Brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe™ Foundation and First Alert.

We'll learn some fun things about fire safety and we will also reveal pictures of the new Fire Safety Dog truck wrap, so you won't want to miss it!




If unable to see the video, click HERE

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Tango the Fire Safety Dog's Appearance Schedule in Utah June 21-23


Thursday, June 21

1:45 P.M. CST
KSL 5 News at Noon (NBC)

3:00-6:00 P.M. CST
Tango the Fire Safety Dog and Dayna to attend Video Production workshop by Kenn Bell at BlogPaws

7:00-7:30 P.M. CST
Tango the Fire Safety Dog to attend opening of BlogPaws with Tillman, the skateboarding bulldog and Norman, the Scooter Dog

7:30-9:00 P.M. CST
Tango the Fire Safety Dog to attend Welcome Reception at Blogpaws

9:00 P.M. CST
Tango the Fire Safety Dog to attend screening of Kenn Bell’s “Hero Dogs of 9/11” at BlogPaws

Friday, June 22

9:00-9:45 AM CST
Sparkles' Safety Spot
Live from Unified Fire Authority
Brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and sponsored by First Alert

10:40 CST or after
Good Things Utah (KTVX-TV (ABC)

4:15-5:30 PM CST
Live Streaming your Way to Success program at BlogPaws by Firefighter Dayna and Tango

Saturday, June 23

All Day
Tango the Fire Safety Dog to attend workshops at BlogPaws

7-8 PM CST (Approximately)
Sparkles’ the Fire Safety Dog Blog up for Nose-to-Nose Award at BlogPaws 2012 Conference!

BlogPaws 2012 Conference will be streaming the Nose-to-Nose Awards this Saturday around 6/7pm EST. Follow the link http://www.ustream.tv/channel/blogpawslive-previewto watch the festivities!

9:00-11:00 PM CST
Tango the Fire Safety Dog to attend pawty at BlogPaws

Sunday, June 24

Begin return trip to Arkansas

Big News! Next Episode of Sparkles' Safety Spot to be Live Streamed from Unified Fire Authority in Salt Lake City, Utah!

Great news! Sparkles' Safety Spot will be streaming its 42nd Episode LIVE with firefighters from Unified Fire Authority this coming Friday! Unified Fire is the largest Fire Department in Utah, with 26 fire stations and 450 sworn firefighters and running 40,000 calls a year!

Unified Fire has 2 Hazmat Teams, 2 Heavy Rescue Teams, a Dive Rescue Team, a Swift Water Rescue Team, a Bomb Squad, and many other unique divisions.

Zeteo ("Z")
We are also very excited that we will have Zeteo, ("Z") on the show! Z is a chocolate Lab that works for the Urban Search and Rescue Team. The USAR team is called Utah Task Force 1. Z is trained to search for live victims in urban disaster settings like collapsed buildings. Z detects live human scent and finds it. If the person that Z smells is not moving, he alerts his trainer. We've heard that it's pretty amazing to watch Z work amongst rescuers. He can smell plenty of live people on the rubble pile, but most of them are rescuers. Z runs right past them, because when people are up and working, they obviously don't need help. When he comes across a person who is not moving or in distress, he barks like crazy until a rescuer comes. Z is employed by FEMA, and is available to deploy anywhere in the country to help search for victims of disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, or tornadoes. Z's handler is Captain Karen Minchow and we are excited to meet her and learn all about Z!

Z at work:


Sparkles' Safety Spot will be streaming live from Unified Fire's Station 101. 
We have heard that the crew will be setting up an obstacle course for a training exercise while we are there. We hope that it will be put together in time for a little demonstration before we leave… Fingers crossed!
 
About Unified Fire Station 101:
Fire Station 101 sits in the middle of the Salt Lake Valley and has a 7 person crew, including Z! 3 firefighters work on Engine 101, 2 Paramedics work on Ambulance 101, and Battalion Chief 11 runs out of the station. Ambulance 151 is housed at the station as well, and is staffed with 2 EMTs during peak hours. Station 101 averages between 10 and 15 emergency calls a day. 
Some of the challenges that Unified Fire faces as a fire department are a rapidly growing community during hard economic times, a serious mix of urban areas and extreme wilderness, 4 large ski resorts, the world's largest open pit copper mine, and an extremely large wildland/urban interface area.
We can't wait and we hope that you can join us! You can watch the live stream this coming Friday at 9:00 AM CST and even participate in the chat!
Putting something together like this takes a lot of work! Special thanks to Monica Colby, Dean Hunt, Benjamin Sharer, Z and Captain Karen Minchow for helping us put this together so quickly! 
As always, we would like to thank our sponsor, First Alert, for providing the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation funding to bring you Sparkles' Safety Spot each week. Thank you, First Alert!


Tango the Fire Safety Dog to be on KSL 5 in Salt Lake City Tomorrow!

Tango the Fire Safety Dog is really excited that he will be on KSL 5 TV's noon show at 12:45 MTN time tomorrow! You can watch it live here tomorrow!  



Video Courtesy of KSL.com
If unable to see the video, click HERE.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Day 3 Trip to BlogPaws

Today we left Cheyenne, Wyoming for Salt Lake City. 

Boy, was it ever windy in Cheyenne when Firefighter Dayna was packing the truck! BOL (Barking out Loud). Check out the serious ear action from the wind blowing so hard!




It was so pretty along the way! Below are pictures from our big day!



We stopped at the Lincoln Memorial around Laramie, Wyoming. This is the largest sculpture of a head in the US!
How cool is this?
I love Wyoming!
I look sad cause that big white stuff behind me is smoke from a big wildfire in Colorado. I hope that everyone will be safe.
Behind me is Elk Mountain in Utah. Isn't it beautiful! One person owns 3/4 of it!



Wyoming had such pretty scenery!

Chilling at a rest stop. We stopped a lot so that I could stretch my legs.




We made it to Utah today! WHOO HOO!


See the back of the SpotMobile? It says, "Utah Bound!" We just had to take this picture of it by the Utah sign at the rest stop!




We arrived at the hotel. Almost all of this is mine. BOL.

Wiped out after a long day of travel. Night everyone!

Monday, June 18, 2012

Day Two~ Trip to BlogPaws

Today we left Omaha, Nebraska to continue our trek to Salt Lake City. It was a really interesting trip!

On Interstate 80, we saw the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument around, Kearney, Nebraska. It was so cool!


See my nice collection of bugs on the windshield? BOL

It was really hot on the western side of Nebraska. Check out what the temperature in the SpotMobile said that it was!

Firefighter Dayna found this fortune in her fortune cookie in North Platte, Nebraska and she gave it to me! I wonder what kind of bold and dashing adventure that I will have? BlogPaws! I am sooo excited!

We then drove all the way to Cheyenne, Wyoming! Whew, what a long day! We saw this beautiful sunset along the way! Firefighter Dayna said that it was one of the most beautiful sunsets that she had ever seen!





At the end of Day Two, I am tired! Night everyone!

 


Sunday, June 17, 2012

All packed and ready to go to BlogPaws!

The SpotMobile is all packed and we are ready to go to BlogPaws in Salt Lake City, Utah!


All our stuff! All this has to fit in the SpotMobile!


Since we will have so many appearances, we had to color code everything!

Firefighter Dayna made a sponsor tag for her to wear at BlogPaws. We are so thankful to our sponsor, First Alert, for allowing us the opportunity to go to Salt Lake City to BlogPaws!


Whew! It all fit!


See you in Salt Lake City!

Headed to BlogPaws!

Hi boys and girls! 

This is Tango the Fire Safety Dog and I am so excited to be heading to the BlogPaws conference in Salt Lake City, Utah! I have my bags packed and am all ready to go!

I tried to pack light, honestly! This is all my stuff!
I can't wait to share fire safety with the boys and girls in Utah and help my mom with a presentation on live streaming at BlogPaws! Whoo hoo!

Friday, June 15, 2012

BlogPaws Here We Come!


Tango the Fire Safety Dog on FOX23's Morning Show in Tulsa, OK

Photo by Jeff Davis, State Farm
Tango the Fire Safety Dog appeared on FOX23's morning show in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 13th. He had a wonderful time sharing fire safety with their viewing audience.








If unable to see the video, click HERE.
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Special thanks to Jeff Davis at State Farm and Michelle Linn at FOX23 for assisting with this project!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Fire Safety Tip 162: 365


The Fire Safety Dogs remind you keep a garden hose or fire extinguisher nearby.

We want you, your pets and your family to stay safe!

This safety tip brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and our good friends at PetSmart, who tweet our fire safety tips daily on their Twitter page!






Saturday, June 9, 2012

Fire Safety Tip 161: 365


The Fire Safety Dogs remind you that when using a fire pit, check the wind direction before you light the fire.

We want you, your pets and your family to stay safe!

This safety tip brought to you by the Keep Kids Fire Safe Foundation and our good friends at PetSmart, who tweet our fire safety tips daily on their Twitter page!