Responding to emergencies is something firefighters are used to... But it’s not every day they get the call to deliver a baby.
”You never know what the day is going to bring,” said William Zamastil.
For Marion firefighters, Lieutenant Mark Hinrichs, Evan Barry and William Zamastil, the day started out like any other.
Then they got a call for a patient in active labor. When the crew arrived, they realized they wouldn’t be able to get her to the hospital in time.
”She started having a contraction, we could see the head coming. So, we radioed the ambulance that was responding and let them know what was going on and before you knew it we were cutting the cord and suctioning the baby’s airway and everything went well,” said Lieutenant Mark Hinrichs of the Marion Fire Department.