# Firefighter Variety

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 18, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefighter-variety/525377 "2010-01-18T01:26:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefighter-variety/525377/1 "2010-01-18T01:26:07Z")

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Triggered from the column on Firefighter cat savings: [Do fire departments actually rescue cats from trees? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2916/do-fire-departments-actually-rescue-cats-from-trees)

This happened recently in New Zealand, a tourist became stuck in a public toilet and had the firefighters called out to rescue her. They freed her quite quickly, as the problem was she didn’t know how to open the door correctly. Cat up a tree, tourist in a toilet, it’s a good thing we have them firefighters 🙂

> **[Police rescue tourist stuck in toilet](http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/3233410/Police-rescue-tourist-stuck-in-toilet)**
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> Ying Chao was relieved in more ways than one when volunteer firefighters came to her rescue at a Blenheim public toilet last night.