On Tuesday, Jan. 24, at approximately 5:30 p.m., nine firefighters deployed Ward 6 Engine 5, Unit 903 with UTV 21, Unit 904 with UTV 20, and Unit 901 to Beauregard Parish Fire District 2 for search and rescue operations following a tornado in the Meadow Village area.
While enroute, incident command assigned us to the Panhandle Rd. area off Camp Edgewood Rd. Ward 6 crews interfaced with search crews from BFD 2 and MedExpress Ambulance service to successfully perform rescues.