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Louisiana state fire marshal urges caution in wake of 10 fatal fires in less than 6 weeks
In the past 24 hours, house fires have claimed the lives of three Louisianans Space heater (Source: KSLA) By Kenley Hargett | February 10, 2021 at 10:02 PM CST - Updated February 11 at 4:01 AM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) Louisiana has now recorded 10 fire fatalities in 2021. Just within the past 24 hours, fire has claimed the lives of three people.
Two men died in a house fire Wednesday morning in Cotton Valley. Deputy fire marshals still are investigating the cause, but they believe a wood stove was a factor.
Later in the day, a different fire claimed the life of a person in the Hammond area of Louisiana.
COVID-19 compliance violations found; no one cited
A citation is not the only course of action available to those who enforce the guidelines The Louisiana fire marshal s office is among agencies tasked with enforcing the state s COVID-19 guidelines. Louisiana officials have said that they use education and motivation to gain compliance with the restrictions. By Curtis Heyen | January 21, 2021 at 4:31 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 7:13 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) The Louisiana fire marshal’s office issued not one citation last year for failure to comply with the COVID-19 guidelines issued by Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Deputy fire marshals began responding to complaints and making the compliance visits when Edwards lifted the stay at home order in May and moved the state into Phase I of its coronavirus recovery plan.
State Fire Marshalâs Office releases 2020 performance outcomes (Source: Louisiana State Fire Marshal s Office) By Davon Cole | January 21, 2021 at 2:45 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 2:48 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The State Fire Marshalâs Office has announced their 2020 performance outcomes amid a pandemic and multiple tropical threats.
State Fire Marshal Chief H. âButchâ Browning is announcing the agencyâs 2020 performance which highlights the operational limitations of the pandemic, taking on the new and fluid task of Covid-19 enforcement efforts and responding to multiple tropical system threats, that the agency maintained its productivity goals and remained resilient throughout the year.
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BATON ROUGE - State Fire Marshal Chief H. “Butch” Browning is urging Louisiana residents to commit to fire safety awareness as we approach the remaining few weeks of 2020.
“It’s unfortunate to report that, so far this year, 70 souls have been lost to fire. While that is currently less than the fatality counts of the past few years, it’s too many, and we don’t want to see anymore,” Browning said.
Last year, 75 people died due to fire. The year before, 77 lives were lost. In 2017, again, 75 people were killed in fires.
In the past two weeks, six people have died in fires, including the latest fatal fire which occurred in Lafayette last week. While most of those causes remain officially undetermined and under investigation, unsafe heating practices