fire prevention

This week is National Fire Prevention Week, and not only is it time to replace the batteries in your smoke alarms, but also for fire departments around the country to deliver safety messages to the public.

What does the food in your pantry have in common with your smoke detectors? They have expiration dates. And now is the time to check the dates on your smoke detectors to make sure they are working properly.

Some big events are going on at Bossier Parish schools in October, including Fire Prevention Week and National Walk to School Day.

The Bossier City Fire Department kicks off its annual school fire safety program next week.

The early-in-the-year spike in fire deaths leads the Shreveport Fire Department to increase its efforts to educate residents on how to prevent, and respond to, accidental fires.

State Fire Marshal offers tips on wildfire prevention, in light of woods fire that burned over 20 acres near Vivian.

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...

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...