New York guide dog school fire training, 174 dogs successfully evacuated

Pet     8:21am, 19 November 2025

With the successive forest fires in California, people began to notice how difficult it is for animals to escape when natural disasters strike. In view of this, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a guide dog school in New York, decided to add a fire alarm training to the training course; that is, when hearing the trainer's instructions, the dogs should actively rush out of the indoor building to save escape time.

There are currently 174 dogs in Guiding Eyes for the Blind undergoing guide dog training. How to get rid of so many dogs in the event of a fire is a big problem, so the trainers decided to add a training item: fire escape!

They conducted a fire drill a few days ago. Two staff members first went to the kennel to give instructions, and another staff member guided the dogs at the door.

I saw the dogs rushing out one after another, very efficient!

Although a few dogs turned around and wanted to run back to the kennel, they were all guided back to the right direction by the staff.

With everyone's efforts, it only took them 3 minutes and 8 seconds to get 174 dogs to run out of the kennels and empty them smoothly!

Animals may also encounter various situations that humans will face. Therefore it is important to imagine various scenarios and prepare for them in advance!