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SHREVEPORT, La Area hospitals are game-planning with first responders to avoid getting overloaded with COVID patients. That s as a top regional health official says it may be a matter of time before northwest Louisiana sees a bigger surge in hospitalizations, given the large numbers in the southern part of the state. We can see it coming, said Knox Andress, Region 7 Designated Regional Coordinator for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals.
So leaders from seven area hospitals met with EMS officials and Homeland Security. Shreveport Fire Chief Scott Wolverton brought good news. He said three of the city s four ambulances that broke down over the weekend are back in service.
Shreveport Fire Department Chief Scott Wolverton talks about the rash of recent breakdowns of SFD equipment, including a truck fire this past weekend.
Equipment troubles are growing for SFD. The city has had to borrow a truck from Bossier City s department and vehicles from Balentine Ambulance Service. Our fleet is in very poor shape, says Wolverton, adding that despite the recent addition of three new engines, the city s fleet is deteriorating. Only nine of our 21 front line engines are less that 15 years old. Only 12 are less than 25 years old.
In the past five days, one truck was damaged in a wreck. Another fire truck s engine caught fire and the truck sent to assist with that fire broke down en route. Four medic units also has mechanical trouble that rendered them unusable.