Emergency responders prepare to help during Ida

PRAIRIEVILLE, La. (WAFB) - In Prairieville, exigency responders are getting acceptable to assistance support you harmless up of Ida.

The Prairieville Fire Department is getting its engines, high-water vehicles, and boats acceptable to respond to immoderate storm-related emergencies.

Prairieville occurrence rescue lawman main Patrick Carpenter said radical should get acceptable sooner alternatively than later.

“As the winds prime up, we’ll get calls for powerfulness lines down,” said Carpenter. “Hopefully, erstwhile the winds prime up supra tropical tempest unit winds, radical volition really enactment location and don’t get retired connected the road. If they do, we’ll person immoderate accidents to enactment and truthful distant similar that.”

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