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Puss in Fireboots

Flops ain’t no Dalmation, but she’s just as good,

according to these Walton County firemen

By Sharon Swanepoel

I a Dalmatian dog as a mascot. As the story goes, this tradi-

don’t have any here anymore,” said WCFR Battalion Chief Ron
Herron.
people out of the way and to defend the horses if necessary.
- a whole crew to help her keep the mice at bay. In fact, she was
originally just one of the crew herself.

feral cats that took up in the old barn outside. They actually took
are done so more as a mascot or maybe a companion. They are,
however, known to occasionally catch a rat or two that may think and kind of skittish. She wouldn’t come too close in the begin-
about taking up residence at the station. ning,” Herron said, adding that once she got tame, she earned
- the name Flop, along with a counterpart that they named Flip.
houses, the rat catching skills of the mascot at Fire Station No. 2 “Flip was even more friendly, but she used to spend a lot of time
in Between may well put any Dalmatian’s to shame. There you over at the Department of Drivers Services greeting people in
the line. We think someone over there took her home. They got
their names because they would run in between your legs, they
her mousing skills are legendary.