Baton Rouge Firefighter Union (Local 557) President Jacob Morgan.
Our site visitors will recall our August 7, 2025 feature entailing EMS Reform’s Walter Beach and his opposition to EBRP Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ proposal to merge EBRP EMS with the BR Fire Department. Beach also appeared on September 20, 2025 for a follow-up feature.
Near the end of both of the above-linked features, we invited anyone else who may desire to express sentiments on the proposal to reach out to us to be featured on Sound Off Louisiana. Earlier this week, we were contacted by Baton Rouge Firefighter Union (Local 557) President Jacob Morgan who expressed a desire to be featured with a goal of providing factual information about the proposed merger while maintaining a neutral stand on the issue. He let us know beforehand that many of the facts that he would provide would directly contradict statements made by Beach on the above two linked features.
Earlier today (Friday, October 3, 2025) we were pleased to host Mr. Morgan, and here’s video coverage of his presentation:
October 3, 2025: Morgan provides facts entailing Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ proposal to merge the BR Fire Department with the EBRP EMS Department and counters many of the points made previously by EMS Reform’s Walter Beach.
We hope everyone found Mr. Morgan’s insights very useful and informative.
Finally, just as we’ve done for the three (3) features we’ve published for this proposed merger, if there is anyone else who would like to be a Sound Off Louisiana guest and speak on the matter, simply reach out to us as Mr. Beach and Mr. Morgan have done, and we’ll be happy to set it up.