shreveport fire department

Shreveport firefighters made short work of a potentially-devestating fire this afternoon at the old Arlington Hotel in the 700 block of Common Street.

A family of nine has escaped an early-morning fire in their Cedar Grove home.

Shreveport firefighters are on the scene of a working two-alarm fire in a commercial building in the 600 block of Fortson -- just off North Market.  The fire was reported just after 10:45 this morning.  At this point, there have been no reports of injuries...

Two 12-year-olds are in big trouble. They've been charged with the Manufacture and Possession of Delayed Action Incendiary Devices.

An investigation is underway into the cause of a late-night house fire.

A Sunday-morning fire has damaged a church in the MLK area. Just before 8 yesterday morning, a deacon of St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church in the 1300 block of MLK Drive arrived to open the church and found heavy smoke coming from the rear of the building...

This is National Fire Prevention Week, and the Shreveport Fire Department has events scheduled for area schoolkids all week long. Today through Wednesday, it's holding fire safety demos at Sheriff's Safety Town on Jewella Avenue. Thursday, Pluggie will visit Lake Bethlehem Head Start on MLK Drive at 10 a...

Fire Prevention Week might not officially start until next Monday, but the Bossier and Shreveport fire departments have kicked things off early. And Shreveport has another event going on tomorrow. SFD Chief of Fire Prevention Patricia Dyas says firefighters will be out in the MLK neighborhood installing free smoke detectors...

If you see lots of firefighters around downtown Shreveport the next couple of weekends, don't be alarmed. It's only a drill! The Shreveport Fire Department will conduct high-rise drills and rescue operations at the Lane Building on Marshall Street...

History has been made in Shreveport. Chief Patricia Dyas has been sworn-in as the Shreveport Fire Department's new Chief of Fire Prevention. She's the first woman in the department's history to hold that position and only its second female division chief, an accomplishment she tells me she's quite proud of...