West Union, Illinois | clevepreach - The fictional CFD firehouse 51 in the tv show “Chicago Fire” has a baby box. Although Illinois has had a Safe Haven Law for newborns since 2001, it does not have a baby box system like other states such as Indiana. Illinois requires that babies who are surrendered are handed over to a person.
“The scene concerns us because it’s not realistic. We just don’t do that here. The law is not written that way,” Larry Langford, spokesman for the Fire Department said Friday. “And we understand that a lot of the TV show is fictionalized and it’s loosely based on us. But we prefer they not do something that may cause someone to misunderstand, misinterpret and do something that might be detrimental to an infant.”
excerpt from https://www.firehouse.com/community-risk/news/21291801/fire-officials-say-chicago-fire-episode-misleading-as-there-are-no-baby-boxes-at-chicago-firehouses |
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