The dog, nicknamed Hansel, was saved from participating in dogfights that were held illegally.
Now he is helping firefighters to extinguish fires, as well as to find their foci.
Hansel was seven months old when he, along with his mother and sister Gretel, were rescued and he never became a participant in dog fights and ended up in a shelter that specializes in training stray dogs into law enforcement officers.
Months of training allow dogs to be able to detect prohibited and explosive substances, to detect arson by sniffing.
The direction of their work is also related to which department they will be sent to.
Fire department officer Tyler Van Lear turned to the shelter, asking to provide him with a service dog, and that was when Hansel was at the preparation stage.
It was important to him that the pet’s sense of smell was strong, which would help to quickly detect fires, and so they gave Hansel to Tyler.
He put the pit bull in his house and every morning they went to work together.
Hansel even has a special vest and badge.
Moreover, during his short practice, Hansel has already managed to assist in detecting the source of the fire and arrest the culprit.
He also identified the source of the fire in the warehouse. And so, four people received a legal punishment.
Hansel does his job so well that sometimes he is even borrowed by police officers from other states.
