SHREVEPORT, La. A lot more vehicles from the Shreveport Fire Department s aging fleet are in the shop after one rough weekend. They re scrambling to keep enough fire trucks and ambulances ready to roll.
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Clarence Reese says five more fire trucks and four ambulances have gone out of service since Friday.
Two fire trucks went down at the same time at the same place.
The engine of a nearly 30-year-old fire truck caught fire inside Station 14 on Greenwood Road on Friday. Then, a fire truck that responded from elsewhere to put the flames out, broke down in front of the station. Reese says it was repaired on the street by a mechanic.
SHREVEPORT, La Keep the closed sign up at the old Sears. That s the message from the Shreveport Police Officers Association on the idea of repurposing the massive vacancy at Mall St. Vincent as a new SPD headquarters.
The head of the union says he s also been hearing lots of opposition from his members. So Michael Carter put out a statement against the move. He says it makes no sense to put $30 million into remodeling a 60-year-old building.
Carter says the SPD needs state of the art facility ready for new technology. Let s put shovels in the dirt and let s build a new building, Carter told KTBS 3 News. Certainly, if you re going to go to the taxpayers, and ask them for tens of millions of dollars, build something worth having. Don t just throw lipstick on an old building, and say hey look, you ve got a new building.
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Mostly cloudy early with scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. High 91F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50%..
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Variable clouds with thunderstorms, especially late. Low around 75F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Updated: July 16, 2021 @ 12:15 pm
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