so_pitted_wabamFeb 25

TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 states

https://lemmy.zip/post/59729703

TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 states - Lemmy.zip

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.

Show threadLost_My_MindFeb 25

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?

Show threadGreenKnight23

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.

Feb 25 at 4:08amWeb
Show threadSendMePhotosFeb 25

I think most fire departments are volunteer meaning that the stations are vacant unless there’s an active call.

Husband in fire/EMS.

Show threadspongebueFeb 25
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.
Show threadmoonshadowFeb 25
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 :)
Show threadAxExRxFeb 26

I thought generally even volunteer FDs had a team on shift- the one in the small town i used to live in did at least. I worked with a guy for a while who couldnt work certain shifts because they were his volunteer FD shifts.

Usually he did overnights and would just sleep over at the station 3 nights a week, went with him several times to hang out and play poker, although there was a hard no beer in the station.

Sometimes he was just ‘on call’ though, and would even come to work, with the stipulation of “i can work that shift, but my radio has to stay on me at all times, and I will just be disappearing worhout warning if I get the call.”

Show threadSendMePhotosFeb 26
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.