After giving the dog chest compressions, Barras went one step further, “Our air packs have a purge valve that can just have continuous air coming through and just put it right from the dog’s mouth a little until EMS got there and came with the pure oxygen they had.

The heroic efforts of an Opelousas firefighter saved the life of a dog trapped in a burning home. Last night, while the Opelousas Fire Department responded to a house fire, Fireman Blaze Barras found a lifeless dog named Ace inside the home.