A firefighter has added a four-legged friend to his life after completing a very tough assignment.
Firefighter James Trounson recently adopted a terrier named Martha after rescuing the dog from its previous owner’s home.
The 52-year-old firefighter from Marion Community Fire Station in Cornwall, England, was one of the members called to the rescue of Helston Community Fire Station when they found a woman dead inside her home.
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“We had the job of removing the deceased woman from the property, and then I had the job of removing the dog myself,” he told FOX News Digital.
James Trounson was working as a firefighter to remove a deceased woman from a home when he was given the task of safely removing a woman’s dog named Martha. (James Trounson)
In the April 2024 incident, Trounson said she found a devoted 8-year-old dog named Martha who never left her owner’s side.
“This little terrier took a lot of convincing to come to me. [but] In the end, she jumped into my arms,” he said.
The dog had no relatives, so Trounson suggested taking her to the same adoption agency that had adopted a collie named Merlin four years earlier.
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”[But] “We were always looking for a mate for Merlin and the police told us to keep this person if the RSPCA was OK with it,” he said.
After taking her to the RSPCA for veterinary care, Trounson officially became the dog’s father for the second time.
Trounson said his terrier, Martha, was very attached to him and his family. (James Tronson)
Tronson and his fiancée, Mel, have four children.
They farmed at Colvenor Farmhouse in Cornwall, England, for nearly 40 years before purchasing it three years ago.
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We raise beef cattle there. Trounson also works as a builder in his free time.
Trounson said Martha was “completely” obsessed with him and never left his side.
Martha is a terrier who lives with the firefighter who was in charge of finding her a new home. (James Trounson)
“She rides around on tractors like she was born and she loves tractors,” he told Fox News Digital.
As for how Marlin gets along with Martha, Trounson said the two dogs get along very well, noting that even his two cats love her.
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“Martha has settled completely into her new home and we are very happy to be able to provide it for her,” he said.
Helston Community Fire Station posted about the incident on social media on Facebook, saying Martha was “a very happy dog”.
Firefighters rescued the 8-year-old dog from the home of its deceased owner, who later adopted the dog himself. (James Trounson)
The fire department added, “Sometimes there is happiness in tragedy.”
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