For the first time, a newborn has been left in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Alabama.

The Kids to Love Foundation today said that a newborn girl was placed in a baby box at the Madison Fire Department on Sunday.

According to the foundation, firefighters quickly responded once the door closed and an alarm sounded. The baby, in good health, was taken to Madison Hospital.

The child was left just 12 days after the baby box opened at that location.

Last June 1, the Alabama Legislature expanded the state’s “Safe Haven” law, allowing the surrender of infants, up to 45 days old, at fire stations that operate around-the-clock with emergency personnel.

The new law authorized Safe Haven Baby Boxes, which are secured portals in the exterior walls of fire stations where infants can be placed and immediately retrieved by emergency workers inside. The box allows children to be surrendered anonymously.

Currently, Madison, along with Prattville, have boxes open. Tuscaloosa, Opelika, and Gadsden are also undergoing the process of adding them. Most of the boxes are being paid for by private donations, according to the foundation.

Kids to Love is a licensed private adoption agency in Alabama and Tennessee that also operates Davidson Farms, a home for girls located in Madison County.

Madison’s box was installed through a donation from Torch Technologies founder Bill Roark, who is also paying for two more in North Alabama.

Kids to Love Founder and CEO Lee Marshall said the group is “thankful” the box was there to take the child in.

“More Alabama cities are going through the process of installing baby boxes, and the fact that this one was used less than two weeks after opening tells us we need more of them ready for mothers across the state as soon as possible,” Marshall said. “We have seen the tragic results of women not knowing what else to do with a child they aren’t ready to raise, and we never want to see it happen again.”