New Orleans opens new coroner's and EMS facility

admin · 01-13-2016, 05:33 PM

City officials cut the blue ribbon on a joint coroner's office and Emergency Medical Service facility on Claiborne Avenue, bringing both offices into a permanent home after years of trailers and other temporary digs.

"I know y'all like it better than that trailer," said Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

After Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods, the Orleans Parish Coroner's office moved from its damaged headquarters to refrigerated trucks. EMS left its flooded headquarters on Moss Street to a string of makeshift spaces, from parking lots to trailers.?

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admin Site Admin Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,971 Blog Entries: 2	New Orleans opens new coroner's and EMS facility City officials cut the blue ribbon on a joint coroner's office and Emergency Medical Service facility on Claiborne Avenue, bringing both offices into a permanent home after years of trailers and other temporary digs. "I know y'all like it better than that trailer," said Mayor Mitch Landrieu. After Hurricane Katrina and the federal floods, the Orleans Parish Coroner's office moved from its damaged headquarters to refrigerated trucks. EMS left its flooded headquarters on Moss Street to a string of makeshift spaces, from parking lots to trailers.?