A volunteer fire department in rural Nova Scotia is getting a much-needed helping hand — or paw — from a group of busy beavers.
The Indian Point Volunteer Fire Department has wanted to install a dry hydrant in the area off Oakland Road since its founding in 1955.
“A couple of years ago we had a series of very bad fires in various parts of the province. And I thought, you know, we’ve got to get a dry hydrant in here. We just have to,” said Chief Tom Lockwood.
“We thought, why don’t we get in cahoots with the beavers and see what we can do?”
A family of beavers has lived in a nearby marsh for more than 25 years and has created quite a dam to show…
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