Grant Parish Fire District #2

10/15/2025

01/12/2024

News flash!

Property Insurance Association of Louisiana rating determines what you pay for Homeowners Insurance

For those of you who aren't familiar with what this rating means.....here's a concise breakdown:

We are required every 5 years to fill out a packet of paperwork from Property Insurance Association of Louisiana (PIAL). The packet has numerous attachments that have to be sent back with it within 45 days of our receiving it. PIAL then visits us and rates the department on firefighter training, call response, equipment, communications, water supply, truck inventory, trucks and personnel that we have on scene at structural alarms, along with many other things.

The rating scale is 1 - 10. The higher the number you get, the WORSE your rating is. We currently have a class 5 rating, which is GREAT for a rural, volunteer fire department. The rating determines how much the citizens and businesses in our fire district pay for their insurance. For instance, a department who holds a class 10 rating, everyone in their fire district pays the maximum rate for their insurance. The lower the rating number, the lower the cost of your insurance.

This is a comprehensive process, which is in essence an 'audit' of how our fire department, water districts, training facilities and communications center operates on a day to day basis.

Most citizens don't realize the daily efforts put forth by their local fire departments and the work that it involves in order to keep a fire department running smoothly and efficiently. Volunteer fire departments are held to the same standards as full time paid departments and our training, response, etc. is rated the same as if we were a full time paid department.

I copied this from another Fire Department in Louisiana. Remember these are all volunteers including the Board Members that govern the Fire Department.
Thank You for your support ‼️

11/24/2023

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08/09/2023

STATEWIDE BURN BAN ISSUED DUE TO CONCERNING DRY CONDITIONS

BATON ROUGE- Due to the extremely dry conditions statewide and the concern over first responder safety in these dangerously high temperatures, State Fire Marshal Dan Wallis, along with Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, has issued a statewide cease and desist order for all private burning, pursuant to authority under R.S. 40:1602.

Private burning shall only be allowed by permission of the local fire department or local government.

This order is effective as of 5:00 p.m., August 7, 2023, and shall remain in effect until rescinded.

This ban shall not apply to prescribed burns by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, by those trained and certified by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, or by those who conduct prescribed burning as a “generally accepted agriculture practice” as defined by the Louisiana Right to Farm Law
(R.S. 3:3601 et seq.).

The use of barbeque grills, fire pits and small campfires for brief, recreational COOKING purposes are allowed and not affected by the burn ban.

Violation of this Fire Marshal order could result in criminal and/or civil penalties.

08/01/2023

Per the Grant Parish Police Jury, a BURN BAN is now in effect until further notice.

01/03/2023

We responded to a total of 148 calls for assistance in the month of December 2022. The following is a breakdown of the types of calls we responded to:

Structure Fires: 4
Vehicle Fires: 1
Non-Structure Fires & Grass Fires: 3
EMS Related: 96
Motor Vehicle Accidents: 6
Hazardous Conditions: 1
Service Calls: 4
Public Service: 5
Good Intent: 6
Canceled in Route: 5
False Calls & False Alarms: 17
TOTAL CALLS: 148

12/24/2022

Be safe this holiday season

During this Artic chilly weather…..Reminder: Do Not plug space heaters into power strips, surge protectors or extension cords!!! Only directly into the wall. Also don't put more than 1 per breaker circuit.