LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky now has six Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
The newest one was dedicated Tuesday morning at the main entrance of the Pleasure Ridge Park Fire Station Number 3 at 8508 Terry Road, near West Pages Lane.
The baby box allows parents to safely surrender a newborn anonymously without fear of punishment.
The box automatically locks when a baby is placed inside it, and an alarm notifies firefighters.
"Anything that we can do to serve our community, whether it's respond to a fire, respond to a medical run or accept a baby that is not coming into the world in a normal way that we would think it is ... I think we are ready to serve in any way we can," PRP Fire Chief Doug Recktenwald said. "This is a great way to do it."
PRP will have a second baby box at the station on Cane Run Road in a few weeks.
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