--- description: After a blaze, they saved two cats with feline-fitted oxygen masks title: See Oregon Firefighters Resuscitate Two Cats image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09c8899d2b134472/69878407f887dcb10ee8aa28/cat-rescue-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Firefighters Resuscitate Unconscious Cats by [Rachel Janik](/author/rachel-janik/) ## Rachel Janik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2015 5:36 PM CUT  Clackamas Fire District 1 by [Rachel Janik](/author/rachel-janik/) ## Rachel Janik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2015 5:36 PM CUT These firefighters are rescuing cats—not from trees, but [from smoke inhalation](http://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2015/03/17/Firefighters-resuscitate-two-cats-after-Oregon-blaze/9291426593986/ "undefined"). After extinguishing a blaze in Oregon City, Ore. on Monday, rescue workers discovered two unconscious cats on the second floor of the house, [Clackamas Fire District 1](http://www.clackamasfire.com/ "undefined") says in a press release. The firefighters brought the cats outside and treated them with special pet resuscitation equipment—plastic, cone-shaped oxygen masks fitted to the animals’ size that funnel air to their lungs. Both cats revived and were taken to the vet by the homeowner’s son. The fire department carries its pet equipment on all calls, and stocks masks for cats and dogs, officials say. And this isn’t the first time the department’s machines have added to a feline’s nine lives: it’s the second time in two months that the equipment has helped revive cats. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3747859/oregon-firefighters-cats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3747859/oregon-firefighters-cats/"},"headline":"See Firefighters Resuscitate Unconscious Cats","datePublished":"2015-03-17T17:36:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:45.707Z","description":"After a blaze, they saved two cats with feline-fitted oxygen masks","url":"https://time.com/3747859/oregon-firefighters-cats/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","cats","fire","oregon","firefighters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09c8899d2b134472/69878407f887dcb10ee8aa28/cat-rescue-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Janik","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-janik/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt09c8899d2b134472/69878407f887dcb10ee8aa28/cat-rescue-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cat Rescue","caption":"","creditText":"Clackamas Fire District 1","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3747859/oregon-firefighters-cats/","name":"See Firefighters Resuscitate Unconscious Cats"}}]}] ```