Safe Haven for Newborns

     The City of Oviedo Fire Rescue Department is pleased to be part of a state wide program with A Safe Haven for Newborns-Gloria M. Silverio Foundation, which was created in response to the abandonment of newborn infants in the State of Florida.

     In 2000, a law was passed by the Florida Legislature and amended in 2008, 383.50 Treatment of Surrendered Newborn Infant.  The law allows for a mother/father to bring their newborn infant up to 7 days of age to any 24 hour staffed Fire or EMS Station or Hospital as a "Safe Haven" and remain completely annomyous!  No questions asked, no law enforcement notified!  This law was created with the sole purpose of saving newborn infant lives in danger of abandonment.

     The Safe Haven for Newborns-Gloria M. Silverio Foundation was created in response to the abandonment of newborn infants and provides assistance to mothers/fathers, Fire & EMS, Hospitals, Media and all others for the management of the law and program.  A Safe Haven for Newborns (www.asafehavenfornewborns.com) provides a toll free multi-lingual crisis hotline 1-877-767-BABY (2229) that is staffed 24/7 and also provides training materials, re-certification credit for paramedics, EMT's, nurses, media assistance, speaking engagements, operational procedures, step by step guide, signs & decals for buildings, decals for apparatus, and much more...

     The City of Oviedo Fire Rescue Department has 3 Fire Station locations that are marked with the Safe Haven Sign and are located at:

Oviedo Fire Station 1:  300 Alexandria Blvd, Oviedo

Oviedo Fire Station 2:  42 South Central Av. Oviedo 32765

Oviedo Fire Station 3:  1930 County Road 419 West, Oviedo 32766

For more information please visit:

A Safe Haven for Newborns

1-877-767-BABY (2229)

305-882-1304 Extension 103

E-mail: safehaven@asafehavenfornewborns.com

Web:  www.asafehavenfornewborns.com