At 22:53 hours Signal 51 pagers went off notifying us of a 2 alarm fire at Kings Manor Apartments 1668 David Raines. Three Signal 51 members responded with refreshments and pizza. The first alarm was transmitted at 21:37 hours for this fire. The first unit on the scene reported heavy fire coming from one of the ground floor apartments spreading to adjacent units and apartments above. Fire officials stated that the fire started in the bedroom of the downstairs unit and quickly spread to the upstairs apartments and entered the attic space. Heavy damage occurred to the entire apartment building from fire, smoke and water. The fire remains under investigation.  KTAL tv 6 Video of this fire.

On Friday, January 1, 2010 Sprint 9 (Single Paramedic Rapid Intervention Non-Transport) using a reserve Battalion Chief Car started responding out of Station 9 to medical emergency calls on a trial basis. Fire Chief Brian Crawford says that it will respond with a captain (with paramedic credentials), and a driver from Ladder Truck 9 and a designated firefighter from either Engine 9 or Rescue 9. This will mean that only Truck 9 will be out of service for fire calls, since the engine and rescue will still have minimum staffing. This concept is being used in San Antonio, Texas with much success. This should lead to much savings in wear and tear on engines or ladder companies that now respond to all medical emergencies. And of course, the fuel cost will be significantly lower.  >> More <<

Shreveport Fire Dept. 2008 Annual Report.  This report includes the mission statement, information about the fire department's divisions, statistical summary and the total response by company. Engine 9 answered the most calls - 3578, Hook & Ladder 9 was the busiest truck co. answering 1001 calls, Rescue 9 was the busiest Rescue with 3068 rolls, Battalion Chief 4 was top BC answering 1351 alarms and Medic 14 was busiest ambulance with 3669 runs.       
Click on HERE to see the report.

The Caddo Parish 9-1-1 District has an "Enhanced 9-1-1 System", which provides immediate information containing the caller's name, address, and telephone number.  If you hang up, the Communications Officer  will call back! If the Communications Officer receives a "9-1-1" call and no one is on the phone (either the phone is an "open line" or the caller hangs up), the Communications Officer will attempt to call the telephone number back to determine if there is an emergency.   If no answer is received, the closest available law enforcement agency will be dispatched to investigate the call.  Click HERE or on the thumbnail for more about our 9-1-1 System.   
Also, Check out the 9-1-1 video presentation.

About our Site
In our Web site you will find information about the Signal 51 Group, and what it does to support our local fire departments.  There are a lot of photographs of fires, firefighters, buff events, apparatus and a great deal of other stuff for you to observe.  Don't forget to click on any picture to see an enlarged image (not all, but most).
We have a large number of Videos Clips 
In our Site you will find video clips of fires, apparatus responding to emergencies and other fire dept. related video.  Some of the video clips can be streamed while others can be downloaded and viewed later.

Members of the Signal 51 Group want this site to be a great place to visit
This Webpage is paid for by the dues from the members of the Signal 51 Group, and we want it to be really a great fire buff webpage, so if you have any suggestions for improving our site please email us or leave a message in our Guestbook.  If you have any complaints about something not working, please email us so we can fix it.  And We try to keep up with what's happening with the S.F.D. Since we are a fire buff club we will include interesting but unofficial information about the Shreveport Fire Department and other fire departments in our area.

Our Fire Department
From its beginning in 1890 (see Brief History of the S.F.D.), with a great deal of support from the citizens, local government officials, and outstanding leadership the Shreveport Fire Department has done an excellent job in fulfilling its primary responsibility to protect lives and property from fire.  Starting in 1965 the well trained firefighting crews were starting to receive basic life support and CPR training and provided these services when called upon.  So under Chief Dallas W. Greene leadership the firefighters were prepared in 1983 when the S.F.D. began operating the Emergency Medical Service for our city.  At that time local privately owned ambulance companies were discontinuing their services.  Under Chief Bo Roberts leadership the Fire Dept. obtained a Property Insurance Association of Louisiana rating of Class 1 in 1998.    When it became Class 1 it was one of 14 fire departments operating Advance Life Support in the United States that had obtained that ranking.  Click Here to see the Shreveport F.D. Master Plan for the years 2007 to 2011

About Us (Signal 51)
The Signal 51 Group was formed in 1969 by five local Fire Buffs whose mission was to offer support to the Fire Department of the City of Shreveport.  In 2009 we celebrated our 40th year of operation and now have over 12 members.  Our organization is a member of the International Fire Buff Associates, Inc. (IFBA).  The IFBA  has over eighty Fire Buff Groups in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and many other countries that have joined together to share their ideas on promoting the general welfare of the fire services and allied emergency services.