California Town Uses Goats to Stop Wildfires - Firehouse.com News
MENLO PARK -- A hungry, four-legged firefighting crew has returned to the city's hillsides.
About 450 goats from the Dixon-based Ecosystem Concepts Inc. started feasting Tuesday along the slopes of Sharon Hills Park.
The critters are in town for a couple of weeks to chew up dry brush that otherwise could turn into tinderbox fuel heading into the fire season.
"They are a really neat mowing machine," said Robert McGrew, a former firefighter who runs Ecosystem with his wife, Brea, a licensed veterinarian.
The goats have been bringing their fire-suppression skills to Menlo Park around this time every year for almost a decade, and they've turned into a kind of neighborhood tradition for those living around Sharon Hills Park.
Check out the website for these four legged firefighters by clicking here.
Goats R Us is another company that provides the same service. Click here for their website.
