Grant Parish is served by Volunteer Fire Departments, established by Districts. Each volunteer fire department has a district chief, station chiefs and is overseen by a fire district board. In addition, all but one fire department is a subdivision of the Grant Parish Police Jury. The Town of Montgomery operates its own fire department. For emergency purposes, any fire district can be notified by contacting the parish’s Emergency 9-1-1 system, or by calling the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Department at (318) 627-3261.

The Grant Parish Library
300 Main Street
Colfax, LA 71417
Phone: 318-627-9920
Fax:     318-627-9900

New to the parish in 2002 is the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) equipment. All district fire departments and the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office have AED equipment and trained operators. The American Heart Association and Rapides Foundation donated the AEDs to the parish agencies.

Grant Parish is served by three medical clinics:
Grant-CENLA Rural Health Clinic located in Colfax – (318) 627-3700
Montgomery Medical Clinic - (318) 646-3000
Pollock operated by Dr. Bruce Craig—(318) 765-3750

Grant Parish has a new health network called the Grant Life Enhancement Network.
It's focus to educate the public of the available options for health care and presicriptions.
Local partners include the Chamber, the Police Jury, the Library, the Council on Aging, North Centrala,
the School Board, the Ward Seven Hospital District, and the J.W. Gaines Action Team.
For more information call Velma Fletcher at (318) 646-2605, or go the
Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center web site: http://clahec.org/

Major medical services are located in Alexandria-Pineville
Rapides Regional Medical Center
Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital
Huey P. Long Medical Center
Other nearby facilities include:
Winn Parish Hospital
Natchitoches Parish Hospital
Hardtner Medical Facility (LaSalle Parish)

Grant Parish is served by four electric utility companies:
CLECO
Entergy
Valley Electric Cooperative
Concordia Electric

Natural gas is available throughout the parish through municipal providers and through Consolidated Gas Utilities District (318) 627-3333.

The Grant Parish Permit Office is the agency responsible for issuing all FEMA-required Flood Plain permits that must be obtained prior to residential or commercial construction in Grant Parish. The Permit Officer, Bobby Meeker (318) 627-4101, is also the Emergency Planning Coordinator for Grant Parish.

Grant Parish does not currently have parish-wide zoning laws, but does have Mobile Home Park regulations and Subdivision regulations that govern the development of subdivisions and mobile home parks in Grant Parish. The Grant Parish Planning Commission is the agency responsible for approving such developments. The eight-member commission is appointed by the Grant Parish Police Jury and meets monthly. The planning commission can be contacted through the Grant Parish Police Jury Office at (318) 627-3157.