VERMILION PARISH — MAURICE, LA - As the town of Maurice experiences a surge in population, Fire Chief David Landry is sounding the alarm over the growing strain on emergency services.

Landry, who has led the Maurice Volunteer Fire Department for the past four years and has served with the department for nearly 25 years, said the volume of emergency calls has risen significantly over time.

“Right now we are at 280-something calls,” Landry said. “When I first started at the department, we were running 86 calls. That was almost 25 years ago, but at the same time, the number of call volumes has picked up.”

Maurice’s population has more than doubled in the past decade. According to the U.S. Census, the town had 964 residents in 2010. By 2020, that number ha grown to over 2,000 and the upward

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