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Wash. firefighter delivers son at fire station

Jeff Baxter, a city of Spokane firefighter, could tell by the tone of his wife’s voice that she was ready to give birth to her fourth child

By Nicole Hensley
The Spokesman-Review

SPOKANE, Wash. — A quick delivery brought Jeffrey Jay Baxter Jr. into the world Tuesday evening under the bright fluorescent lights of a Spokane Valley fire station.

Jeffrey’s father, Jeff Baxter, a city of Spokane firefighter, could tell by the tone of his wife’s voice that she was ready to give birth to her fourth child. But their midwife was 40 minutes away in Hayden, and Fire Station 5 was closer to their Forker Road home.

“By the time we got to Bigelow Gulch, I could tell – he was close,” Kari Baxter said.

Full story: Special delivery: Couple’s baby born at Valley fire station