The Milton Volunteer Fire Department received $250,000 to upgrade its station, helping it enhance fire protection for the community and ensure first responders have the resources they need to protect lives, according to Fire Chief Damon Broussard.
Lafayette Consolidated Government, which provided the funding, hosted a ribbon cutting Friday to celebrate the newly renovated fire station at 303 W. Milton Ave. Mayor-President Monique Boulet, former state Sen. Paige Cortez and members of the community were on hand.
“Now we have a place that if we need to come in and take a break, maybe get a cup of coffee or something, we have a place for them to go, because before it was just a vacant building,” Broussard said…