The firefighters dog A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmation dog. The children started discussing what the dog's duties might be. ""They use him to keep crowds back,"" said one youngster. ""No,"" said another, ""he's just for good luck."" A third child concluded. ""No silly, they use the dogs to find the fire hydrant!""