| Press Releases | |
Date | Article |
| 2/6/2012 |  | St. George Awarded Fire Act Grant |
| | Fire Act Grant to be used for purchase of driving simulator. |
| 11/22/2011 | | St. George Santa Parades |
| | St. George Santa Parades will visit your neighborhood soon. |
| 11/17/2011 | | View William Shatner turkey frying video |
| | Shatner shares that he suffered burns and almost burned his house down. |
| 11/10/2011 | | Antioch Road Fire Station Re-Opened |
| | The year-long, $911,000 expansion, re-construction and modernization of the St. George Fire Station at 7027 Antioch Road has been completed. An engine and a ladder truck are in service at their new home.
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| 11/2/2011 | | Daylight Saving Time Ends November 6 |
| | When you roll the time back by one hour this weekend, remember to change your smoke detector batteries. |
| 10/25/2011 | | Look for Firefighters in Pink |
| | St. George firefighters will trade their "Station Blues" for specially designed pink tee shirts as part of the "Cares Enough to Wear Pink" breast cancer awareness campaign. Tee shirts are for sale with proceeds going to Women's Hospital. |
| 10/24/2011 | | Thank You to our Citizens |
| | The voters of the District overwhelmingly renewed the three tax propositions on the October 22nd Ballot. |
| 10/10/2011 | | Public Meetings Called to Discuss Tax Renewals |
| | Meetings have been scheduled for the Bluebonnet Library at 6:30 p.m. on October 17th and the Jones Creek Library at 6:30 p.m on October 18th. |
| 9/2/2011 | | Sand and Bags Delivered to St. George Fire Station on Seabord. |
| | Sand and bags are available at the St. George Fire Station at 1506 Seabord and four other locations throughout the parish. |
| 7/12/2011 | | St. George Firefighters Battle Two Lightning Fires Only Five Minutes Apart. |
| | As thunderstorms rolled through the area, two separate house fires were started by lightning strikes only five minutes apart. No residents were home at the time. There were no injuries. |
| 3/28/2011 | | St. George and EBR-EMS Conduct Demonstrations at Woodlawn High School |
| | Realistic automobile exdtrication demonstrations, complete with the removal of student "victims" from the wreckage, were performed for the student body of Woodlawn High School. |
| 3/7/2011 | | Spring Forward |
| | Don't forget to change your smoke detector batteries when you reset your clocks this weekend. If the detector is over ten years old, it's time to replace it. |
| 12/28/2010 | | St. George Santa Parades Broke Food and Toy Collection Records. |
| | The results of the 2010 St. George Santa Parades show the 2010 effort to have been our most successful ever, breaking food and toy collection records. |
| 11/26/2010 | | Santa Parades Are First Two Weekends of December |
| | St. George partners with the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank and Christmas for Challenged Children, a local faith-based charity that works with seriously or terminally ill children. |
| 11/3/2010 | | Fire Chief Expresses Thanks for Voter Support As Tax Millage Passed |
| | Chief Tarleton expressed his thanks to the voters following the passage of the Department's Capital Improvements Proposition. The Proposition to build two fire stations using the proceeds of a five year non-renwable property tax passed by a 62% to 38% margin. |
| 10/7/2010 | | District Proposes Capital Improvements Projects |
| | An item on the November 2nd ballot will ask the voters for 1.25mills for five years to build fire stations. The fire station on Castille Road needs to be re-located while an additional station is needed in the Bluebonnet area. |
| 3/17/2010 | | St. George Awarded 2010 DHS/FEMA Grant |
| | The St. George Fire Protection District was awarded a DHS/FEMA Assisance To Firefighters Program Grant in the amount of $215,750 for portable radios that are compliant to the new interoperability standards and to install station exhaust filter systems. |
| 10/13/2010 | | St. George Cares Enough To Wear Pink |
| | The St. George Fire Department joins the St. George Professional Firefighters Association and fire departments across the nation in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. |
| 06/15/2010 | | Property Insurance Association of Louisiana Rating Evaluation |
| | St. George has retained its Class 2 fire rating. Several growth areas in the District are confirmed as presenting potential future problems that need addressing before the next rating in five years. |
