They pulled people from their roofs and attics, waded in chest-high polluted waters, and brought the rescued to safety: "It was a humbling experience.” The Bossier City Fire Department is... More > credited with rescuing over 750 people in a four day period during the catastrophic flood of the City of New Orleans. The BCFD EMS staff treated the rescued and transported over 400 patients in their ambulance during the United States’ largest natural disaster – Hurricane Katrina.< Less
From a volunteer fire department with a 1925 Model T Ford truck, which Bossier City children outran to the fire scene, to an ISO rated Class #1 department called upon daily by the citizens of Bossier... More > City to save lives and protect property, this is the historical review of that journey of the initial struggle with limited resources to the achievement of being ranked as one of the preeminent urban departments in the United States.< Less
From a volunteer fire department with a 1925 Model T Ford truck, which Bossier City children outran to the fire scene, to an ISO rated Class #1 department called upon daily by the citizens of Bossier... More > City to save lives and protect property, this is the historical review of that journey of the initial struggle with limited resources to the achievement of being ranked as one of the preeminent urban departments in the United States.< Less
They pulled people from their roofs and attics, waded in chest-high polluted waters, and brought the rescued to safety: "It was a humbling experience.” The Bossier City Fire Department is... More > credited with rescuing over 750 people in a four day period during the catastrophic flood of the City of New Orleans. The BCFD EMS staff treated the rescued and transported over 400 patients in their ambulance during the United States’ largest natural disaster – Hurricane Katrina.< Less
They pulled people from their roofs and attics, waded in chest-high polluted waters, and brought the rescued to safety: "It was a humbling experience.” The Bossier City Fire Department is... More > credited with rescuing over 750 people in a four day period during the catastrophic flood of the City of New Orleans. The BCFD EMS staff treated the rescued and transported over 400 patients in their ambulance during the United States’ largest natural disaster – Hurricane Katrina.< Less
Since 1962, a handful of very special City of
Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) personnel has
stepped forward out of the ranks of a proud and
professional organization, which traces its heritage to... More > 1837, to take on the added responsibility of becoming "bomb technicians." The SFD bomb technicians hold a special place in the hearts of their fellow brave firefighters and the citizens of the City of Shreveport
when they say, "Call in the bomb squad!" This is their history.< Less
Since 1962, a handful of very special City of
Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) personnel has
stepped forward out of the ranks of a proud and
professional organization, which traces its heritage to... More > 1837, to take on the added responsibility of becoming "bomb technicians." The SFD bomb technicians hold a special place in the hearts of their fellow brave firefighters and the citizens of the City of Shreveport
when they say, "Call in the bomb squad!" This is their history.< Less
He fell in love with the Shreveport Fire Department as a teenager riding out on Engine #6 as a department fire buff, by the time he would complete his dedicated 47 plus years he would shape a NW... More > Louisiana Fire Department into one of the premier regional departments. His efforts in building a modern department would be the foundation for which the Shreveport Fire Departments since 1998 holds the distinction of being one of the few ISO #1 rated departments in the United States. Now Shreveport Fire Department’s newest and most modern Central Fire Station bares his name for all citizens to remember his all most five decades of selfless commitment to save lives and protect property.< Less
Chief Dallas W. Greene, Jr. fell in love with the Shreveport Fire Department as a teenager fire buff riding out on Engine #6. By the time he would complete his dedicated 47 plus years of service,... More > Chief Greene would shape a NW Louisiana Fire Department into one of the premier regional departments in the country. His efforts in building a modern department would be the foundation for which the Shreveport Fire Department since 1988 holds the distinction of being one of the few ISO#1 rated departments in the United States. Now Shreveport Fire Department's newest and most modern Central Fire Stations bears his name for all citizens to remember his almost five decades of selfless commitment to save lives and protect property.< Less
Since 1962, a handful of very special City of Shreveport Fire Department (SFD) personnel has stepped forward out of the ranks of a proud and professional organization, which traces its heritage to... More > 1837, to take on the added responsibility of becoming "bomb technicians." The SFD bomb technicians hold a special place in the hearts of their fellow brave firefighters and the citizens of the City of Shreveport when they say, "Call in the bomb squad!" This is their history.< Less
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