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Video of Building Fire That Occurred on June 6

Special Pages & Links
Chief Adams' Page
Click HERE for 2009 Updates
2009 SFD Shift Card Online
Shreveport Live Webcam
Caddo 9-1-1 Active Events
Brief History of the SFD
Fire Related Wallpaper
SFD Engine7 on YouTube

Shreveport & Caddo Parish,LA Live Fire Dispatch - Online
Link to Signal 51's Fire Related Videos on YouTube

Shortly before 11:00 hrs on Wednesday, July 1 - An alarm of fire was transmitted for a fire at the Mid South Tower Building at 416 Travis Street in downtown Shreveport. SFD units arrived on the scene to find heavy smoke throughout the building. While some firefighters located and extinguished the fire other firefighters assisted with the evaluation and searched for any possible casualties. Some engine companies hooked up to the buildings standpipe system to supply additional water if needed. A second alarm was ordered for additional manpower to assist with the operation. The fire was in the elevator motors and associated electrical equipment on the top floor of the 16 story building. When the fire was put out smoke was removed by positive ventilation using the exhaust fans from the hook and ladder trusks. The SFD did an outstanding job in handling this high rise fire and safely removing a high number of occupants without any major injuries. This certainly proves that training and drilling for such an event pays off. Click HERE or on the image to see a KTBS TV News Story about this fire

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.
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 2004 to 2008.

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 Fi?e Department of the City of Shreveport. In 2004 we celebrated our 35th year of operation and now have over 20 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 banned together to further their ideas, on a common ground in promoting the general welfare of the fire services and allied emergency services.
Would you like to join Signal 51?
Click HERE to learn more about the Signal 51 Group. Or cut and paste our email address into your
"Send to" at firebuffs@signal51group.com for more information on how to join our organization.

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