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Delhi fire chief describes baby‑box surrender, two structure fires and staffing strain that required mutual aid
Summary
At the March 25 meeting Chief Campbell told trustees a January baby‑box surrender and a string of major incidents — including a March 16 structure fire with about $315,000 in damage — left the department with zero reserve and dependent on mutual aid, a condition he said the township levy aims to address.
Chief Campbell told the Delhi Township Board of Trustees on March 25 that firefighters responded earlier this year to a safe surrender in the township’s baby box and then, on the same day in March, to multiple significant calls that stretched local resources and required mutual aid.
“I'm like, I think there's a baby in the box,” Lieutenant Austin Eckler recalled of the moment an alarm indicated a surrender; he and other crew members said they followed the two‑stage alarm procedure, preserved the mother’s anonymity and found a healthy, crying infant. Firefighter‑medic Don Burke said the rescue was “an awesome moment” for the crew and for the department…
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