After Hurricane Gustav, Mobile sent supplies and city crews to Baton Rouge, according to a WKRG report from September 2008.
Mobile Fire-Rescue was to transport 5,000 bottles of water, 1,800 meals ready to eat and eight generators. The city’s Urban Development Department was also sending an Urban Forestry crew with chainsaws, a bucket truck and other equipment to clear fallen trees.
Mayor Sam Jones said Baton Rouge officials had identified those resources as needed.
This is a historical summary of a 2008 local disaster-response report.