PRATO – Retired firefighter dog, Prato honors Foglia.
Retired firefighter dog, the entire Prato fire brigade command greeted and paid homage to their four-legged colleague Foglia in the barracks square on the day of his retirement.
A special dog Foglia, protagonist even under the rubble in collapse of the Morandi bridge and on a mission during the earthquake in Albania.
Little Foglia joined the National Corps in February 2018 after the training course carried out together with her handler, the expert policeman Luca Martino.
And immediately, the firefighters underline, he attracted all the attention for his interpersonal skills in his operational and obedience approach.
She stood out for her research ability in an underground environment, also making the most of her hard work in the area research under rubble during the interventions of the collapse of the Morandi viaduct and on the A26 in Liguria.
There are numerous discoveries on the surface, in particular that of a group of students who lost their orientation in the Garfagnana mountains and, after the discovery, a boy was rescued to regain his strength from hypothermia, he held the little Leaf close to warm up.
Foglia has also given its contribution internationally, participating in the earthquake emergency in Albania in 2019.
For the rescue operations during the collapse of the Morandi bridge, Foglia received the International Dog Loyalty Award
Foglia was greeted with affection by all the staff of the Command, as befits a colleague when leaving active duty.
