Fort Lauderdale firefighters turn to social media after finding a dog tied to a flagpole outside their station

Particular South Florida firefighters are being hailed as heroes for a different kind of rescue after they located a dog left tied up to a flagpole outside their station and gave him a second chance at life What started as any other Saturday morning for Fort Lauderdale firefighters expeditiously turned into a search for a home Early in the day and without a knock on the door Fort Lauderdale Fire Station Battalion Chief Kimberly Wells revealed a -year-old dog was abandoned in front of their station Before our crew change at our station one of our captains arrived at work and located noted pup that we have since named Peanut We discovered Peanut tied to a flagpole well to be abandoned with a bowl of water left with them Unfortunately Wells explained this is something that happens more often than one would think We took Peanut in and gave him a bath and cleaned him up and then what we do what we normally do we reached out to all of the local shelters all of the dog rescues she reported and unfortunately nobody is accepting dogs at this particular time cause they re all full With no one able to take Peanut in the fire crew tried a different approach They promptly got results We had our constituents information officer put it out on our social media seeing if we couldn t do our due diligence and help find Peanut a home revealed Wells and a gentleman reached out to us and went to one of our stations Wells reported the man who reached out is a retired veteran who lost his senior dog earlier this year We requested to make sure that Peanut was not going to be in any perilous situation so we went by and vetted the house and made sure everything was on the up and up announced Wells and Peanut has since been adopted and has determined a very good home In just the span of a inadequate hours Peanut went from being tied to a flagpole to a new chance at life with a loving owner All things considered in this day and age with the amount of abandoned dogs that are out there to find a home and a good home at that is very fortunate mentioned Wells While Peanut s story had a happy ending Wells urges people not to think of the fire station as a place to abandon a dog How Peanut was abandoned she stated was a worst-case scenario