PORT ALLEN - The West Baton Rouge Fire Protection District No. 1 Board voted to abolish a full-time fire chief position from the parish classification plan. Instead, they will move forward with retired State Fire Marshal Butch Browning in a part-time role.

Just a week prior, Parish President Jason Manola told WBRZ that he was going to propose that they continue with a part-time fire chief in a consulting capacity with Browning moving forward. Thursday night, he did just that.

"I want to ask you to abolish the full-time fire chief, and on the next agenda item tonight, I'm going to ask you to allow me to sign an amended part-time fire chief consulting agreement with Browning Associates LLC for $50,000, which is what we currently have been paying since 2022," Manola asked the board.

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