Upper St. Clair Firefighter and Police Officer Use Plane to Rescue Dogs

Brad Childs and Robert McMaster are working to make their Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team a nonprofit organization.

Brad Childs and Robert McMaster are using more than Upper St. Clair fire trucks and police cruisers to help others—they're using an airplane. Childs, a volunteer firefighter and the vice president of Eyetique, and McMaster, an Upper St. Clair officer, both have a love for flying and animals, so they've teamed up to create the Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team. The organization transports at-risk animals by working with volunteer rescue organizations and shelters. For example, Childs said he'll get a call that a shelter is going to euthanize dozens of dogs, so he'll work through Pilots N Paws to help get the dogs to a no-kill shelter or a "furever" home. "It's weird, but they (the dogs) know you're helping them get out of a bad …

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