The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a reported shooting that left one person hurt on Friday, Nov. 1.

The current starting salary of a Baton Rouge Fire Department firefighter is $33,207 a year. This low-end wage is about 20% less than what firefighters in similar-sized cities in the Southeast make ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Captain William “C.J.” Sanders, 54, of the Baton Rouge Fire Department died after a battle with cancer on Sunday, Nov. 5. The type of cancer Sanders developed is ...

When the firefighters at Station No. 11 in Baton Rouge are not saving lives, they are busy maintaining, Brian Skelly, their ...

On Tuesday, 68% of voters approved a 10-year, 6-mill property tax that will give the Baton Rouge Fire Department around $14.5 million each year. The funds, which will exclusively be allocated to ...

according to the Baton Rouge Fire Department. According to the fire department, the house fire happened just before 8 a.m. on Ford Street near Mickens Road. Firefighters arrived on the scene to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating a house fire that broke out off Plank Road Thursday morning, Oct. 17. The fire happened around 5:39 a.m. on Chippewa Street.

The incident happened around 8:15 p.m. at Formosa Plastics. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said "a compromised cylinder broke" at the plant, our partners reported. Two people are in critical ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Baton Rouge’s faith communities gathered in a powerful display of unity and support to help St. Luke’s Episcopal Church as it rebuilds from a devastating fire that ...

Firefighters are worried the wording on the ballot, which does not mention anything related to the East Baton Rouge fire department, will confuse voters. Here is what it says: City of Baton Rouge ...

THAT MEANS THERE’S AN ELEVATED HIGH FIRE DANGER RISK HERE ... LOW TEMPERATURES WARM UP TO THE 50S AND 60S. NORT The Baton Rouge Police Department has arrested a man in connection with a drive ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Fire Department is investigating after two people were injured following a house fire on South Sunset Hill Avenue on Friday, Nov. 1. Crews responded ...