National Fire Dog Monument, Honoring America’s Heroic Arson Dogs And Their Handlers,Voted Most Popular National Monument
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America has spoken, and one of the newest monuments in the nation's capital has been voted its most popular. After a hard-fought final round, the National Fire Dog Monument took home top honors in
The challenge followed a bracket format with 16 monuments around the
The National Fire Dog Monument is a life-size bronze sculpture depicting an arson dog handler gazing down at his dog after a job well done.
Arson dogs are trained to detect common accelerants (including gasoline, kerosene, and lighter fluid) at fire scenes where fraudulent activity is suspected. If the dogs' highly sensitive noses uncover the scent of one of these chemicals, they will signal to their handlers, who will remove a sample to send to a lab for analysis. Arson dogs have been instrumental in the arrest and eventual prosecution of thousands of firesetters and have helped curb rates of this deadly crime that costs hundreds of lives and billions of dollars in property damage a year.
The monument is the brainchild of
In 2012, the monument was brought to the nation's capital following a two-week cross-country tour beginning at the state capitol building in
"The National Fire Dog Monument is unique in that it honors the roles of both human and animal heroes who work to create a better world, protect our families and our communities, and save lives," said Dr.
As the largest private home insurer in the country,
"We are so thrilled to have accelerant detection canine handlers, trainers, and canines recognized nationally," said
The National Fire Dog Monument is on permanent display outside
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