(From Vanlue Fire Chief Steve Baum)

This morning, at 0805 hours, your Vanlue Firefighters were dispatched to a medical call for a vehicle stopped on SR 15, just west of the Vanlue exit.

Dispatch advised that the female passenger in the vehicle was going into labor and thought the baby was coming.

Our firefighters responded quickly and arrived on scene a short time later.

Upon arrival, the baby’s head was visible and our crew knew that they needed to act quickly.

The Hanco Squad was traveling in the east bound lanes, as they approached the scene, they stopped and the Chief of Hanco jumped out and ran across the lanes of the highway to assist.

As the squad pulled up, a beautiful, healthy baby boy was born right there in the vehicle.

They named the baby Axel!!

I did a follow up an hour later, we were told both baby and momma are doing fine at the hospital!!

I couldn’t be more proud of our crew and the Fighting 600!

Unfortunately, our calls don’t always turn out well, but today was a great day!

Our guys assisted with bringing a life into this world and seen him take his first breath!!

We would also like to thank Hanco Squad personnel for their assistance as well!!