Olla Volunteer Fire Department

10/21/2024

10/08/2024

04/01/2024

: Stop Using Elide Fire Extinguishing Balls Due to Failure to Extinguish Fires and Risk of Serious Injury or Death. Sold on elidefireus.com; Dispose of them.

CPSC urges consumers not to purchase or sell these fire extinguishing balls.

https://cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2024/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-Elide-Fire-Extinguishing-Balls-Due-to-Failure-to-Extinguish-Fires-and-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death

03/07/2024

01/23/2024

Sign of the Day! 🍺 🍺

01/21/2024

Willie Nelson and David Allan Coe

01/21/2024

As we brace for the impacts of winter weather, especially temperatures that could cause power outages, please remember that if you use a generator do so safely.

01/21/2024

❄️Long-term, below-freezing temperatures are in effect for all of Louisiana NOW❄️

State Fire Marshal Chief Bryan J Adams wants to remind everyone of our top home heating safety tips:

🛌Place space heaters 3-5 feet from combustible objects like blankets
🔌Plug all heating appliances directly into wall outlets, not power strips or extension cords
♨️Do not use stoves or ovens to heat homes
🔥Don’t overfill fireplaces/wood-burning stoves
🕯Do not leave candles/open flames (or space heaters) left unattended
🚨Have working smoke alarms in your home!

The SFM’s Operation Save-A-Life program partners with local fire departments and districts to provide FREE smoke alarm installations, at any time of the year, for families in need of assistance accessing the critical emergency-alert equipment.

In addition to having working smoke alarms, the SFM also emphasizes the importance of having planned and practiced escape routes for your home, including knowing two ways out of every room.

To register for a free smoke alarm, or learn more about Operation Save-A-Life, visit lasfm.org.

06/09/2023

FIRE CHIEF'S PRAYER

I am called to many duties Lord and now I've been called home.
I've had to leave the ones I love to stand before Your throne.
I'll not complain, its not my way, but there are some things I'll ask.
And please, Lord, grant them to me for the loved ones I hold fast.
I dare to ask because I know how You've blessed in the past.
I've learned to trust in Your grace, O Lord that's how I've come this far.
So now, O God, I humbly pray hear this Fire Chief's prayer.
Bless my wife and family, so often left alone,
They knew where I was going and trusted You to bring me home.
Well, now I'm home and wait for them, keep them within the faith,
that one day, someday, we'll be together in this place.
And O dear God, bless my men I trained them as best I could.
I tried to do Your will with them and lead them as You would.
I need to know You are with them Lord, or else how can I stay and
peacefully enjoy this place of endless day.
This heaven where there is no night,
No fire to kill and burn I guess that's why its now my rest,
my place, my turn.
And Lord, be with my community and keep it safe
as it can be for all its folks are special,
and very dear to me.
They are all my friends,
and by Your grace I served them as best I could.
So hear this Fire Chief's prayer, O Lord
and grant it please, I already knew You would

06/07/2023

The SFM Honor Guard participated in today's final farewell to Olla Volunteer Fire Department Chief Joe Thompson.

We continue to keep his loved ones, fire family and community in our hearts.