OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahoma City Fire is starting a new initiative to help reunite lost pets with their owners. Two metro fire stations now have microchip scanners that can help find an owner.

"Pets do get loose, you know, for whatever reason, they run off a leash or escape a fence," said Scott Douglas, with the Oklahoma City Fire Department. "It's just something that happens. So I'm really just hoping to get the pets back to their owners a lot faster."

News 4 wanted to know what it would be like if someone were to stop by with an animal that was chipped, so we stopped by.

"If you find a lost pet in the area and you're wondering where the owner is, you can grab that pet and bring it by a fire station. If the pet is chipped, we can scan it," said Douglas.

If the pet has a microchip,

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