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City of Houma Fire Department currently has 54 personnel in our Operations Division, divided into three 24 hour shifts.
Each shift has a District Fire Chief, 5 Fire Captains, 5 Fire Equipment Operators and 7 Firefighters. All of our
shift personnel are at least Firefighter 1 and First Responder or EMT-Basic certerified.
The department responds to fires, auto accidents, hazardous materials incidents, medical emergencies and various
other types of incidents. City of Houma Fire Department averaged 900 calls a year before the department began handling
medical emergencies in June 2010.
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Our Administration Division consist of the Fire Chief, one Fire Inspector/Prevention Officer, one Fire Training
Officer, one Maintenance Office, one Records Clerk and one Secretary.
Administration operates out of Central Fire Station in downtown Houma, the oldest operating station in the city.
Central Fire Station opened in 1930 under Fire Chief A.J. Bethancourt.
Originaly operating as a fire station and police station, central housed an engine company, the Fire Chief,
dispatch and the police department. The police department moved out in the 1970's. The tower that stands in
front of Central, originaly had a water tank on top that fed the first pressurized water system in the city.
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Houma Fire Department still has the city's first motorized fire engine, a 1916 American LaFrance. Old No. 1 was dedicated
in the name of Effie Jane Hellier, Daughter of Harry Hellier, on July 4, 1918. Mr. Hellier was the Vice-President
of the fire company at that time. Some of the original equipment, such as ladders, lanterns and a water can are
still on the old engine today. The Houma Firefighters Association has begun work to restore the engine on the old
truck to operating condition.
Houma Fire Department also has one of the original hand operated pumpers that was used back in the 1800's.
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| Fire Chiefs of Houma Fire Department |
| A.J. Bethancourt | 1916 - 1936 |
| Hewitt LeBoeuf | 1936 - 19?? |
| Leonce Doiron | 19?? - 1963 |
| Homer Bland | 1963 - 1970 |
| Bennie Bourg | 1973 - 1974 |
| Howard Oubre | 1975 - 1980 |
| Ernest Miller, Sr. | 1980 - 1987 |
| Gale LeBoeuf | 1987 - 1997 |
| John Voisin | 1998 - 2000 |
| Brian Hebert | 2000 - 2006 |
| Daniel Scott | 2006 - 2008 |
| Todd Dufrene | 2009 - Present |
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