EMS’s Sharp, Willard contend EMS is being “taken over” and not “merged;” and that morale adversely impacted from many employees being blindsided by “takeover” via WAFB, Advocate, and Facebook.

EBRP EMS Association President Janice Willard (right) and Vice President Allison Sharp (left).

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.

Next up, on October 3, 2025 was Baton Rouge Firefighter Union (Local 557) President Jacob Morgan, who rebuffed many of the key points made by Beach.

Yesterday (Wednesday, October 15, 2025) we were delighted to host EBR EMS Association President Janice Willard and Vice President Allison Sharp, with both of them, in the first segment of a minimum three-segment series, expressing the viewpoints of the “majority” of EMS staffers about the proposed merger and also countering points made by both Beach and Morgan:

10/15/25:  Willard & Sharp provide their takes on Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ proposal for the Baton Rouge Fire Department to “take over” EBRP EMS and rebuff points made by BR Firefighter Union President Jacob “Jake” Morgan and by EMS Reform’s Walter Beach.

We did take a few moments today to glance over the 19th JDC litigation filed by the EMS Association seeking a Declaratory Judgment and an Injunction blocking the combining of the two agencies.   For anyone else who may wish to do so, the Suit # is:  767140.

What has essentially transpired so far is the granting of a Temporary Restraining Order blocking the combination, followed by a Court Order dissolving the Temporary Restraining Order.  If there is no delay, the matter is presently slated to be litigated on March 25, 2026 and March 26, 2026 in the courtroom of 19th JDC Judge Ron Johnson (not to be confused on that date with his twin brother, Don Johnson).

We want to thank both Ms. Willard and Ms. Sharp for their willingness to appear on Sound Off Louisiana for this first installment, and we know all of our site visitors will have keen interest in the second installment of these two young ladies expressing their sentiments, which we’ll be airing in the next few days!