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Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire at a warehouse off Airline Highway. The fire happened in the 1400 ...
Mayor-President Sid Edwards is merging Baton Rouge Emergency Medical Services with the Baton Rouge Fire Department, his ...
Baton Rouge is taking a bold step toward the future of emergency response. After months of thoughtful consideration, the ...
Baton Rouge Fire Department Chief Michael Kimble said he will remain the top official of the newly merged agencies, and the EMS director will report to him. ...
The Baton Rouge Fire Department responds to a fire on Delplaza Drive on Thursday morning, June 26. (Cindy Slay) ...
The Baton Rouge Fire Department, Baton Rouge Police Department and EMS responded to the scene of a car into a home on Tuesday ...
Homeland Security Investigations agents detained 10 Chinese nationals on June 11 during a worksite enforcement operation ...
The fire department hasn’t sought such support since 2000, when residents established the original millage rate of 6 mills – rolled back to 5.86 last month by the Metro Council.
The 10th anniversary of the official consolidation of the six West Baton Rouge Parish Fire Department subdistricts into one district was on July 1. Since 2014, There have been seven fire chiefs.
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Former Baton Rouge Fire Chief Edwin Smith once faced life-threatening heart failure. He is now a gold medalist and is gearing up for another shot at victory. In 2018 ...