It was the first time the veteran firefighter had been back to the firehouse on Georgia Avenue NW since retiring a few months ago, and when he got out of the vehicle Wednesday morning he couldn’t contain himself. There were so many familiar things for Roo, the old arson dog of the Engine 24 station, to sniff.
“He circled around like he was 3 months old again,” said Scott Wilson, the District fire investigator who handled the dog officially known as K-9 Roo. “Just running, running, running. He was here 10 years. This is his home away from home.”