| LEPC Meeting to be held at Caddo Sheriff's Safety Town (2/10/2010) |
The Caddo-Bossier LEPC Meeting will be held Wednesday, February 24th at the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Safety Town located 8910 Jewella Avenue in Shreveport, LA at 10:00 AM. Please contact Robert Jump at 425-5351 for additional details. ( Complete
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| Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Meeting Canceled (11/16/2009) |
| The Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) originally scheduled for Wednesday, November 18th, has been canceled due to the CB-OHSEP staff performing public damage assessments from the tornado and flood damage. We have no rescheduled date at this time. (Complete
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| Caddo Bossier Office of Homeland Security Offering Free Disaster Preparedness Training (10/14/2009) |
| Do you know what to do if a tornado is approaching your home? Are you interested in learning how local emergency response agencies work together in local disasters? The Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management will be offering a free twenty hour Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course at the Bossier Emergency Operations Center located at 1511 Doctors Drive in Bossier City starting January 5, 2010 and running for three additional Tuesday nights from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. (Complete
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| Local Emergency Planning Committee Meeting Scheduled (9/23/2009) |
| The Caddo-Bossier LEPC Meeting will be held Wednesday, November 18th at the Shreveport Fire and Training Academy Auditorium located at 6440 Greenwood Road at 10:00 AM. Please contact Robert Jump at 425-5351 for additional details. (Complete
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| Annual Fall Tornado Drill Scheduled (9/23/2009) |
| The annual CB-OHSEP & National Weather Service Fall Tornado Drills are scheduled for all schools and other government, business and residential on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 throughout Caddo and Bossier parishes. (Complete
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| Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security Director Receives Prestigious Recognition from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (7/2/2009) |
| On Tuesday June 30, 2009, Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director, Sandy Davis, was presented a U.S. Department of Homeland Security prestigious recognition award for his outstanding dedication to emergency management. (Complete
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| NIMS 300-400 Class Canceled (6/15/2009) |
| As of June 9, 2009, CB-OHSEP has only received three confirmed students for the NIMS 300-400 Class which is far less than the required number expected by GOHSEP to have an effective course. Regrettably, we must cancel this course in order to keep the high standards that we have set for our 300-400 offerings.
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| Local Responders Conduct Incident Command Training with Shreveport-Bossier Port Officials. (2/27/2009) |
| On February 26, 2009, members of the Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Shreveport Fire Department, Caddo Parish Sheriff Office and the Caddo Fire District #5 conducted both classroom and hands-on training on Incident Command and Unified Command Concept Training with the Caddo-Bossier Port Authority. (Complete
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| Severe Weather Week Declared for Area (2/5/2009) |
| The Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the local governing bodies of Shreveport, Bossier City, Caddo Parish and Bossier Parish have proclaimed the week of February 9-13, 2009 as Severe Weather Awareness Week. The National Weather Service and the Caddo-Bossier OHSEP have coordinated tests and provided information to the public about the threat of severe weather and the life threatening preventative measures to be taken when severe weather occurs. (Complete
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| Spring Torando Drill scheduled for February 12, 2009. (2/5/2009) |
| The annual CB-OHSEP & National Weather Service Spring Tornado Drills are scheduled for all schools and other government, business and residential on Thursday, February 12, 2009 throughout Caddo and Bossier parishes. (Complete
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| Louisiana State Wide Hurricane Exercise (5/17/2007) |
| On May 9 and 10, 2007 various local and regional emergency management officials gathered in Bossier City at the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for a state wide computerized command post exercise about an approaching fictional category 3 hurricane named “Dean.” (Complete
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| Winter Storm Awareness Program (11/17/2006) |
| The Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness is sponsoring the annual “Winter Storm Awareness Program” at 9:00 AM on December 6th. (Complete
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| Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security Senior Leaders Receive Prestigious Louisiana Emergency Management Certification (9/22/2006) |
| On September 15th, 2006 two senior leaders in the Caddo Bossier Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management CBOHSEP) received notification that the Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association (LEPA) had granted them a unique five year qualification as Certified Louisiana Emergency Mangers (LEM). (Complete
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| September is National Preparedness Month (8/21/2006) |
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| Threat Level Raised for Aviation Sector (8/10/2006) |
| Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced a targeted raise in the threat level in light of today’s arrests in the United Kingdom. (Complete
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| Swaine Wins Statewide Honor For Work During Katrina-Rita (6/21/2006) |
| Liz Swaine, Executive Assistant to Shreveport Mayor Keith Hightower, will be honored Thursday, June 22 at 10:30am at the Caddo-Bossier Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP), 1511 Doctor's Drive, Bossier City, for her efforts in assisting this North Louisiana community during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Swaine was named as a winner of the “2006 Dedication Award” presented by the Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association at their annual awards banquet earlier this month. On Thursday, Caddo Bossier Homeland Security Director Sandy Davis will be presenting her with the award plaque. (Complete
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