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Emergency Preparedness Information

Lafourche Parish utilizes computer hurricane tracking software and decision-making tools to plan for each storm event.  Emergency personnel attend regional conference calls to coordinate a unified response to storms that threaten Lafourche and the Louisiana Coast.  During a declared emergency, the Lafourche Parish Emergency Operations Center is staffed 24 hours a day.



Contact Numbers
Lafourche Parish Government
Emergency Operations Center
(985) 537-7603
City of Thibodaux (Police Department)
(985) 446-5021
Town of Lockport (Police Department)
(985) 532-9779
Town of Golden Meadow (Police Department)
(985) 475-5163
Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office
(985) 532-2255 or (985) 449-2255
Louisiana State Police - Troop C
(985) 857-3683
Fire Protection
Consult your local telephone directory for specific contact numbers for the fire department serving your area.
Department of Health & Hospitals
(985) 447-0916
BISCO (Bayou Interfaith Shared Community Organizing)
(985) 446-5364
Port Fourchon
(985) 632-6701
Entergy
(985) 526-3647 Lafourche Crossing & North
(985) 532-4023 Lafourche Crossing & South
(800) 368-3749 Toll-Free to Report Outages

Stay Informed

Lafourche Parish Government issues press releases and emergency updates using local media and the Lafourche Parish Government website. Our Hurricane Updates Page will be continually updated throughout an emergency with storm advisories and evacuation instructions.  Stay tuned to local television stations, listen to the radio or check the Internet as often as possible for official news and instructions as they become available.

Other sources for hurricane forecasts and local conditions include:

On the Web...

National Weather Service
http://www.nws.noaa.gov
National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

On the Radio...

100.3 FM "The Ragin' Cajun" (Larose)
http://www.klrzfm.com
870 AM WWL Radio (New Orleans)
http://www.wwl.com
107.5 FM KCIL (Houma)
106.3 FM KXOR (Houma)

On Television...

HTV (Houma)
http://www.htv10.tv
WWL Channel 4 (New Orleans)
http://www.wwltv.com
Fox Channel 8 (New Orleans)
http://www.fox8live.com
ABC Channel 26 WGNO (New Orleans)
http://abc26.trb.com
WAFB Channel 26 (Baton Rouge)
http://www.wafb.com