Fire sparks at business in Lafayette shopping center after work done on roof

A business in the South College Shopping Center in Lafayette caught fire after work was done on the roof on Wednesday. Officials with the Lafayette Fire Department said a crew did work on the roof of the shopping center, which is located on Johnston Street near Bertrand Drive, on Tuesday, April 16. He added someone later reported seeing smoke billowing up from the area. Crews were seen putting out the small fire around 11:30 p.m. and they remained on scene until after 1 a.m. Firefighters said there was some water damage but it wasn’t significant.
KADN-TV FOX 15 Lafayette

Shell casings found on the ground at scene of fire in southwest Shreveport

Shreveport police are working with Shreveport firefighters after shell casings were found on the ground at the scene of a fire in southwest Shreveport. It happened in a ground floor unit at The Creole Apartments in the 9300 block of Mansfield Road in the Summer Grove neighborhood. The KTBS 3 News crew on the scene spotted police checking out shell casings on the ground, indicating that shots had been fired there. There’s no other information on the shooting. Several people managed to escape the fire before it spread too far. Authorities say one woman on the bottom floor was taken to the hospital to get checked out. Two upstairs residents managed to make it to safety by going through a window. One of those people suffered minor injuries. At least 20 fire and medic units were on scene about 4 a.m.
KTBS-TV ABC 3 Shreveport

Prairieville Fire Department starts fire training program for high school seniors

The Prairieville Fire Department is launching a program to provide fire safety training to high school students. The Prairieville Fire Department will launch the Ascension Parish High School Firefighter Program starting in the 2024-2025 school year. The program, available to all Ascension Parish high school seniors, will provide students with four nationally accredited certifications in firefighting and hazardous materials mitigation. The certifications students earn in the program will provide graduates with the qualifications to be hired by fire departments across the state and nation. This program would be one of four in the state, the fire department announced.
WBRZ-TV ABC 2 Baton Rouge

City of Minden, Webster Parish Recognize National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

Across the nation in times of intense personal crisis and community-wide disasters, the first access point for those seeking all classes of emergency services is 9-1-1. The Webster Parish 911 Communications Center is the first point of contact for persons seeking immediate relief during an emergency. They answered 37,636 calls in 2023 with 100% answered in less than 10 seconds. The Webster Parish 911 Communications Center is celebrating this week of April (April 14-20, 2024) as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This week, sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International and celebrated annually, honors the thousands of men and women who respond to emergency calls, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment, and render lifesaving assistance to more than 240 million callers across the globe.
Minden Press-Herald