About
A friendly Dalmatian with a serious job.
ResQ‑R is continuing public‑safety education for real‑world environments — internet‑based, offline‑capable, multilingual, and scalable nationwide.
Where the name comes from
ResQ‑R is a phonetic play on “rescuer” with a QR code baked in — and it’s also the dog’s name. Resq‑r is a Dalmatian in a firefighter’s helmet whose spots hide a scannable QR code.
Why ResQ-R exists
When budgets for fire‑prevention and safety education get cut, fire‑loss numbers climb back toward levels not seen since before those programs began. ResQ‑R is a way for communities to keep learning, and to avoid tragedy, without depending on city funding. Scan the dog’s spots and you unlock short, fun, age‑appropriate lessons tailored to that place — the season, even the weather. Come back, or scan a different device somewhere else, and you reach new content and tougher challenges.
“In an emergency, every second counts.”
Part of the EdQuest network
ResQ‑R is a project of EdQuest, Incorporated, a Minnesota nonprofit focused on public‑safety education with an emphasis on fire prevention. The Woodbury Heights Fire Department — EdQuest’s nonprofit fire department — is the first program to put ResQ‑R to work, alongside the FirePrevented.org smoke‑alarm campaign. ResQ‑R will sign in with the same EdQuest single‑sign‑on used across the network.
Built to grow
Today the focus is education — a direct fire example is the fire extinguisher; another is signage at a public park reminding people how to make sure a cooking fire is fully out. In the future, the same badges can help facilities track safety inventory: scan a code, record placement and expiration, and run reports. Educational games are on the roadmap too.