A Burnaby business owner hopes his recent donation will help save the lives of pets in neighbouring Port Moody.
Brian Borsoff, owner of Burnaby Auto Body and a Port Moody resident, gave two pet oxygen mask kits to the City of Port Moody fire department last week. Each kit is equipped with three different sized masks that can be used to administer oxygen to cats, dogs and small animals in the event of a fire. Borsoff said he and his wife, Shannon, were inspired to donate the masks after seven dogs and two cats died in a fire in a Burnaby home last May.
“Shannon said that would be a good thing, and since we do so much work with police and fire, she said that would be right up (my) alley,” Borsoff said.
The kits cost about $600 each, but it was never about the value of the kits, he said, adding he feels good knowing his own dog, Remley, could be saved if the worst ever happened.
“Hopefully they never have to use (the masks), but if they do, they’re going to be there, and it would make you feel good if something happened and they (your pets) survived because of that. To me that’s worth all the money in the world,” he said.
Next month, Borsoff plans to donate two kits to the volunteer fire department that serves Belcarra and Anmore. He had planned to give a set to the Burnaby Fire Department, but it already has its own kits.
