Fire Equipment Operator, Baton Rouge Fire Department
President, Baton Rouge Professional Firefighters Association
Owner, Red Line Home Inspections
Jake Morgan’s commitment to protecting people reaches beyond the fire truck. Elected president of the Baton Rouge Professional Firefighters Association Local 557 in 2023, he advocates for the colleagues who answer other people’s calls for help.
One of the youngest to hold the position, Morgan negotiates labor contracts and works with fellow union leaders on legislation and funding to improve firefighters’ health, safety and benefits. Reducing occupational cancer is a personal priority in a department that has lost firefighters to the disease.
He has served with the Baton Rouge Fire Department since 2013 and belongs to its Urban Search and Rescue team, preparing for complex emergencies and disasters.
He has also spent 11 years building Red Line Home Inspections, a business sustained by referrals from real estate agents and past clients. His standard is simple: Inspect each home as if one of his children were buying it.
Off duty, Morgan cooks jambalaya and pastalaya for department events and charitable fundraisers.
What I remind myself of each day: “What is the collateral damage of the decision in front of me? Who am I hurting and who am I helping? I truly aspire to leave the fire service better than I found it.”
How I unplug: “My wife and I have three children aged 8, 6 and 3. My simple unplug is to come home and have them rush to me, screaming ‘Daddy!’”
