An infant was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in O’Fallon, Missouri, First Alert 4 reported on Monday.

“We are grateful this resource was used as intended — to protect the life of a child and provide peace of mind for a parent in need. Everything worked perfectly, and care was started by on-scene firefighter/paramedics,” O’Fallon Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Andy Parrish said.

Baby boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die. Baby boxes are temperature-controlled incubators often built into exterior walls of fire stations, police stations, and…

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