According to a report from WNKY, Kentucky lawmakers passed and Governor Andy Beshear signed legislation last week that will allow installing a “baby box” at participating staffed fire and police stations and hospitals.

Three years ago, a baby was left in a cardboard box outside of the Gott Fire Department in Warren County and no one was at the station. As a result, the Bowling Green Fire Department (BGFD), which is currently building a new fire station on Lovers Lane, will include a new baby box in the construction plans that are waiting to pass legislation. BGFD spokeswoman Katie McKee said the department doesn’t have an official time frame for installation, but there are still options for surrendering a newborn baby up to 30 days old.

Baby boxes open from the outside and a mother can place the baby inside, sending an alert to officials as soon as the door opens and another alert when the baby is placed in the bassinet inside. Once the door shuts, the outside door locks, and a trained responder can open the inside door and remove the child.

It is not safe or lawful to leave a baby at an unmanned fire station; most volunteer fire departments are unstaffed unless there is an active fire call.

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Pierce—Elmwood Park (IL) Fire Department PUC 107-foot aerial ladder quint. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon water tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Pierce Husky 3 Class A foam system. Dealer: John Kenna, MacQueen Emergency, Aurora, IL.

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Pierce—Elmwood Park (IL) Fire Department PUC 107-foot aerial ladder quint. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon water tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Pierce Husky 3 Class A foam system. Dealer: John Kenna, MacQueen Emergency, Aurora, IL.

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According to a report from WLBT, improved fire protection is coming soon to Jackson, Mississippi’s, Ward Four by way of a new fire station on Medgar Evers Boulevard.

On Tuesday, the Jackson city council unanimously approved a $3.1 million contract with Castle Black Inc., to build the new Jackson Fire Department (JFD) station; it is expected to replace JFD Station No. 20, which the city determined needed replacing in 2015.

The station will be next to the existing site on property previously set aside for aeronautical use by the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA). The city obtained the land from the JMAA through a “land swap,” conceding some property at Woodrow Wilson Avenue and Fortification Street.

Construction is expected to take 540 days, although it was not as of yet determined when construction would begin.

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