801 Crockett Street, Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
318/ 673-6655 ● FAX: 318/ 673-6656 ● www.shreveportfire.org

Kelvin J. Cochran, Fire Chief

September 4, 2002

PRESS RELEASE
To: Newsroom
For Immediate Release
Contact: Brian A. Crawford, Public Information Officer
Phone: 673-6652, cell: 455-2609, page: 675-2137

Fire Department Plans Observance for September 11 Anniversary

Department trying to accomidate heavy demand for representatives at local events . . .

The Shreveport Fire Department is joining the nation’s other fire services by marking the one year anniversary of September 11 with a simultaneous morning observance. The tribute will coinside with the time the World Trade Center towers collapsed one-year ago leaving thousands dead, including 343 New York City Fire Fighters. The following is the sequence of events for the commemoration:

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

8:45 a.m.

• All fire apparatus will roll out of each of the Department’s 21 Fire Stations
9:05 a.m. - Time of South Tower WTC Collapse
• Station Bell will tone
• Fire apparatus will sound sirens for 1 minute
• 1 minute of complete silence
9:06 a.m.
• Station flags will be lowered to half staff
9:28 a.m. - Time of North Tower WTC Collapse
• Station Bell will tone
• Fire apparatus will sound sirens for 1 minute
• 1 minute of complete silence
9:29 a.m.
• Station Flags raised to full staff

The Shreveport Fire Department is inviting the public to join in the observance and pay their respects by stopping by their neighborhood fire station during the ceremony. Additionally, firefighters and Fire Department officials have been requested to appear and/or speak at the following events marking the September 11 anniversary:

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

• Shreve Christian Academy and Tabernacle, 8501 E. Kingston Road, 8:00 a.m. - Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran and Capt. Lance Rolland
• Rusheon Middle School, 2401 Old Minden Road, 8:30 a.m. - Firefighters
• A.C. Steere School, 4009 Youree, 9:00 a.m. - Training Officer
• Barksdale Air Force Base 5K Memorial Run, Fitness Center, 9:00 a.m. - Firefighters
• Northside Elementary School, 1950 Northside Dr, 9:00 a.m. - Firefighters
• Grambling State University, 12 Noon - Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran
• Woodman of the World, Southern Hills Community Center, 2:00 p.m. - Fire Station 17
• Broadmoor Methodist Church, 3715 Youree Drive, 6:00 p.m. - Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran

• Broadmoor Baptist Church, 4110 Youree Drive, 6:00 p.m. - Chiefs David Bryant & Robert McWherter

• Brookwood Baptist Church, 8900 Kingston, 6:30 p.m. - Chief David Glass
• Kings Highway Christian Church, Line Avenue and Kings Hwy., 6:45 p.m. - Chief Brian Crawford
• Summer Grove Baptist Church, Bert Kouns, 7:00 p.m. - Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran

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