The McPherson fire department is in the process of installing the first new born safety device in the state, a new initiative brought by the passing of House Bill 2024 earlier this year. The box will be installed on the outside of the McPherson fire department’s station. The purpose of this is so struggling parents can safely give up their newborn in private. McPherson fire chief TJ Wyssmann says this law is near and dear to his heart because he thinks the previous process parents had to follow under Kansas law was inhumane. Everybody had to come and bring that child and physically look us in the face and give it to a first responder which is pretty cruel,” Wysmann explained. Wyssmann was also a key figure in getting the legislation passed.
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