Fire Chief Accused of Berating 10-Year-Old Girl During Mental Health Crisis

Emergency workers like police officers and firefighters are called to protect and serve, but a fire chief in New Babylon, New York, is accused of hurling “verbal abuse” towards a 10-year-old child.

A video captured by a bystander and shared on TikTok by @theauntiemommy shows what she says is a 10-year-old girl having a mental health emergency. Instead of being helped by the emergency responders, however, the child is berated and forced to endure the fire chief hurling vile profanities at her.

The TikTok user posted the video on August 4, 2025, and claimed that it captured the North Babylon Fire Department mistreating the 10-year-old little girl in a crisis.

“She was scared, having a mental health emergency—and instead of compassion, she was berated, told shut the f*ck up, you little b*tch by a grown man in uniform,” she wrote on the video.

The TikToker also accused the Suffolk County Police of standing by and doing “nothing.”

Disturbingly, the TikToker also claimed that what wasn't captured in the short video clip was "even worse," and that the verbal abuse went "on and on."

@theauntiemommy This is how North Babylon Fire Department talks to a 10-year-old little girl in crisis. She was scared, having a mental health emergency—and instead of compassion, she was berated, told shut the f*ck up you little b*tch by a grown man in uniform. Suffolk County Police stood by and did nothing. What you don’t see on video was even worse. The verbal abuse went on and on. This child was treated like she didn’t matter. This is beyond unacceptable. This is trauma. Children in crisis need care, not cruelty. We will not be silent. This cannot keep happening. #NorthBabylonFD #justice #MentalHealthMatters #ProtectChildren #TraumaIsReal ♬ original sound - theauntiemommy