SLS 19RS-1950 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 108
BY SENATOR COLOMB
COMMENDATIONS. Commends the Robert A. Bogan Baton Rouge Fire Museum for
educating the public on fire safety and the rich history of firefighters and emergency
responders across the state and nation.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend and recognize the Robert A. Bogan Baton Rouge Fire Museum for educating
3 the public on fire safety and the rich history of firefighters and emergency responders
4 across the state and nation.
5 WHEREAS, the Robert A. Bogan Baton Rouge Fire Museum is located at 427 Laurel
6 Street in the heart of downtown Baton Rouge; and
7 WHEREAS, the Central Fire Station in Baton Rouge was also known as the "Old
8 Bogan Fire Station" and was the first fire station in the Capital City built to house motorized
9 fire engines; it was completed in 1924 by Fire Chief Robert A. Bogan, who served as chief
10 from 1918 to 1959, and is regarded as the father of modern firefighting in the Capital region;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, the Central Fire Station was renamed in 1959 following the death of
13 Chief Bogan, who at the time of his death was nearing fifty years in firefighting, including
14 forty-one years as a paid employee and eight years as a volunteer; and
15 WHEREAS, today the station serves as a museum offering a complete history of the
16 Baton Rouge Fire Department and educating the public on fire safety and the rich history of
17 firefighters and emergency responders across the state and nation; and
18 WHEREAS, artifacts housed in the museum date back to the days when Chief Bogan
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1 took the reins of the department and turned the Pelican Hook and Ladder Co. from a
2 volunteer fire board to a professional fire department on January 1, 1918; and
3 WHEREAS, the museum is part of a nationwide network of fire museums sharing
4 our first responders' history and culture with the rest of the world.
5 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby
6 recognizes and commends the Robert A. Bogan Baton Rouge Fire Museum for educating
7 the public on fire safety and the rich history of firefighters and emergency responders across
8 the state and nation.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
10 president of the board of directors of the Robert A. Bogan Baton Rouge Fire Museum.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SCR 108 Original 2019 Regular Session Colomb
Commends the Robert A. Bogan Baton Rouge Fire Museum for educating the public on fire
safety and the rich history of firefighters and emergency responders across the state and
nation.
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