WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) - The Wiggins Fire Department has a new recruit, and she’s a doggone good one.

“It’s definitely nice to have somebody here waiting on us when we come back,” firefighter Braxton Stallard said.

The department announced the arrival of Ruby, a 15-week-old Dalmatian from North Carolina.

With the help of Chief Steven Purvis and his wife, she’s already fitting in with her new community.

“She’s ready to go to work,” Stephanie Purvis said.

“It’s always been one of my dreams to have a fire station dog,” Chief Steven Purvis said. “We did have a cat that adopted us about 10 years ago, and she passed away a little over a year ago. We really haven’t been looking, but then my wife, I’d mentioned it to her, and of course, she took things into her own hands.”

“I found Ruby witho

See Full Page