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LOUISIANA MOVES TO PHASE 3

3/5/2021

 
Following almost six weeks of improvements in Louisiana’s COVID case counts and a sustained decrease in COVID-related hospitalizations, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today that Louisiana will move forward to Phase 3. This will bring most COVID restrictions back to where they were last September. Louisiana’s statewide mask mandate, which has been in place since last July, will remain in place. The Governor’s new order will last for 28 days and will expire March 31, 2021.

Overall, Louisiana’s percent positivity for COVID-19 tests is 5 percent, one third of the positivity rate six weeks ago. The state has completed more than 6 million COVID tests and administered more than 1 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines.

“Since we stepped back into more increased restrictions more than three months ago, the goal has been to slow the spread and avoid overwhelming our hospitals, which we have done thanks to the hard work of many Louisianans,” Gov. Edwards said. “These Phase 3 restrictions will keep some common sense and lifesaving limitations in place while we work to continue keeping the case counts down and administering the vaccines to as many Louisianans as quickly as we can.

“As we are cautiously reducing some of the restrictions related to slowing the spread of COVID, it is even more critical that people take the necessary precautions to protect themselves and those around them. This includes wearing face masks, practicing social distancing, washing their hands frequently, staying home when they are sick or have been exposed and getting the vaccine when it is their turn. The last several weeks have been full of hopeful milestones, including a third COVID vaccine and the state administering more than one million doses. But we also know that COVID variants, which we know are more contagious, are active in Louisiana. In nearly a year of battling this pandemic, we have lost almost 10,000 of our fellow Louisianans, and many people have suffered greatly. It is incumbent upon all of us to do our part to help put this pandemic behind us and save lives.”

The majority of businesses, including restaurants and salons, will be able to move to 75 percent of their capacity and indoor gatherings and event centers will be capped at 50 percent of their capacity but limited to 250 people. Religious services will no longer have capacity limits, social distancing is strongly encouraged and masking will still be required.

Gyms and fitness centers will remain at 50 percent of their capacity, based on recent research from the CDC that raises concern about the spread of COVID-19 in these settings. Bars in all parishes will be able to open for indoor service at 25 percent capacity, not to exceed 250 people, but those in parishes where the percent positivity is 5 percent or lower for two consecutive weeks may have indoor service at 50 percent capacity, not to exceed 250 people. Alcohol sales still must end at 11 p.m. and no one younger than 21 years old can enter a bar. Patrons must be masked at all times except when consuming food or drink, and they must be served at socially distanced tables.

Live music will be allowed indoors under additional guidance provided by the State Fire Marshal. Indoor gatherings may operate at 50 percent capacity with a cap of 250 people. Outdoor events may operate at 50 percent of their capacity, with no cap on attendance, but six feet of social distancing must be practiced. Conventions, conferences, indoor sporting events and fairs and festivals may operate at up to 50 percent capacity with six feet of social distancing required, if they receive approval from the State Fire Marshal and the Louisiana Department of Health. Strict masking continues to be required for all gatherings and events.

  • Click HERE to read the Governor’s new Phase 3 order.
  • Click HERE to review the data about COVID incidence statewide.

CALLING FOR HELP DURING A POWER OUTAGE

9/1/2020

 
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Entergy will be repairing several poles along Highway 20 between noon and four o'clock this afternoon, and many residents in our community will be without power.

We realize that many of our residents have home telephone service through a broadband provider like Spectrum or Vonage, and we want you to be aware that during a power outage, many of these services will not function.

If you are affected by this power outage and you have home phone service through Spectrum or Vonage, please use a mobile phone to call 911 in the event you need any type of emergency assistance.

Please be prepared to give the 911 operator detailed information about your location in order to assist emergency personnel with locating your residence.

If you have any elderly neighbors that are affected by the power outage and you know that they have phone service through a broadband provider like Spectrum or Vonage, please be a kind neighbor and check on them from time to time.

NOTICE: Live Training Exercise

8/21/2020

 
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​The Chackbay Fire Department will be hosting a Surface Water Rescue training on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Firefighters and Law Enforcement personnel from various agencies will be performing live training exercises in local waterways including Bayou Lafourche (from the Leighton Boat Launch) and Grand Bayou (from the Bill Taylor Boat Launch).

Crews will have one launch bay at Bill Taylor blocked for a few hours on Saturday (the other two launch bays will remain open).

We are notifying the public that there will be ‘victims’ in the waterways along with rescue personnel.

The public is asked to please use caution when approaching these training scenario locations.

Issue Corrected

4/19/2020

 
The issue with our text message alert system has been corrected. If you have arrived at this page, the text message alert system is now working properly for you.

​Please remember that the URL for quick access to text message alerts which will come in your text message notification is now notify.choctawfire.com. We are no longer using the link old URL that includes the word 'urgent'.

New Alert System

4/16/2020

 
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The Choctaw Volunteer Fire Department has updated its text-message alert system. Going forward from today, if you have signed up for alerts or plan to sign up, your text-message alerts will come from: alerts@choctawfire.com

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