Questions about the "Tot Finder" decals

[sub]Sorry if this has been answered - “tot” is too small to search and “finder” floods me with Apple OS threads ;)[/sub]

Background for the uninitiated: Families used to put these shiny oval Tot Finder stickers on their kid’s windows, so that firemen would (I guess) go into that room first to save the children. Won’t somebody think of the children?!! :slight_smile:

Anyway, I was wondering if this still happens? I used to see them all over growing up in the Midwest, in fact I’m pretty sure there was one in my window, but out here in San Francisco I don’t recall ever seeing one. Was this a regional thing?

A related question - did this ever work? That is, is there a known instance where a fireman rescued a child from a burning building thanks to these stickers?

And how about liability? What if a family forgot to remove that sticker and their kid went off to college, then the firemen targeted that room and someone else in the house died b/c they charged into the empty converted guest bedroom? Or, (I shudder to think), wouldn’t a pedophile up to no good simply go cruising for these stickers? How about a situation in which the firemen ignored the sticker and tragedy ensued?