Greenwood firefighters were about to begin our monthly meeting on Wednesday September 5 when the pagers began to alert Greenwood, Woodstock, Bethel and Tri-town rescue of a possible structure fire at 357 Howe Hill Road. This address is located 1.5 miles from the Locke's Mill station. On arrival of Chief Owens, he reported a 2 story home with heavy fire showing from the 2nd floor rear. All 3 units from the Locke's Mill station arrived within 5 minutes. Engine 2 deployed a 1 3/4" hoseline and prepared for the fire attack. Apparatus from the Bethel and Woodstock fire departments arrived very close behind us and joined Greenwood firefighters in entering the structure to extinguish the fire. The fire was located in the 2nd floor rear bedroom and extended slightly to the front bedroom. Before the fire attack began Chief Owens called for a rapid intervention team from the Paris Fire Department. This team arrived quickly and set up to rescue any firefighters operating inside the building who may have been in trouble. This specially trained team works closely with the incident commander and trains frequently on this procedure. The automatic dispatch from the communications center contributed to the success of this operation. All of the units responding were on scene within 15 minutes of dispatch. Members of Tri-Town rescue entered the basement to locate the occupants missing cats. Using a thermal imaging camera they located the cats and returned them to the owner. The owners of the home live in Massachsetts and were very grateful that the firefighters were able to save the home, which will require repairs to the 2nd floor but will be liveable in the next few months.