Pretty wild! All states give you at least 30 days to dump your baby, no strings attached. Some states give you 60 days!
I feel like more people should know about this! It seems like a highly under utilized ability.
Pretty wild! All states give you at least 30 days to dump your baby, no strings attached. Some states give you 60 days!
I feel like more people should know about this! It seems like a highly under utilized ability.
I feel like this woold lead to confusion amongst firemen. Like they go to pull out of the firehouse to respond to a fire, but they have to stop before they start because a random baby is just there for no reason.
I could be wrong, but I doubt most firefighters even know the proceedure for “Baby randomly dropped off without a name”.
My first instinct would be to call child services. Like what else would you do?
Dropping babies at fire stations is a trend way older than any firefighter currently alive. They all know what the intent is if they find an unattended baby.
Some of them might take a bit before they realize it’s actually serious though.
I’d wager most of them know the first steps of the procedure. It’s likely a story that gets passed around a lot, even if it’s a rare occurrence. Also, every firefighter I’ve known is borderline OCD with keeping the station clean. I doubt that baby would be outside for long before they noticed.
Nah they’re made aware.
I mean, I guess a state could’ve passed the law, saying “hey, leave newborns at fire stations” and not informed the fire house, but it seems far more likely that they are informed.
But States either have designated boxes, or you hand the child over to them directly. You don’t just leave it in front of the firehouse door.
Yeah, I think my state of NC requires there to be a designated baby receiver on call at all times just in case someone pulls up with one that they need to get rid of.
FYI when firefighters leave on call it’s not like ALL of them leave. a team leaves.
there’s still people and trainees left behind that can handle things back at the station.
I think most fire departments are volunteer meaning that the stations are vacant unless there’s an active call.
SO in fire/EMS.
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Departments vary. The ones near me are full time paid if you have to be at the station on shift. But there are only a handful of those.
That’s a good point that they exist, but a better way to quantify their prevalence is probably by population served. Even if the majority of fire departments are like that (if…) they would be in the most rural areas with little population. I would think most people live in areas densely populated enough to have an always-staffed fire station.
You would be correct per capita but not geographically! Volunteer/neighborhood fire departments are pretty common outside of major cities, and sometimes supplement professional services within them. They give people a direct way to serve their community and often serve double duty as event centers for birthdays, wedding receptions, potlatch, etc. Huge fan, consider volunteering :)
I think you have to be trained to become a fireman.
I feel like if we know about this, they would too. Or at least a supervisor.
Yeah it’s not an unknown thing in the states, there are companies centered around preparing for such https://www.shbb.org/