History the Church Point Volunteer Fire Department
The fire department was first established on January 22, 1942. On November 28, 2005 the name was changed to the Church Point Volunteer Fireman's Association and is currently known as the Church Point Volunteer Fire Department. In 2006 the Fire Protection District #10 of Acadia Parish was formed and held their first meeting on April 20, 2006. The Church Point Volunteer Fire Department then became the acting agency of Fire Protection District #10.Mission/Purpose/Objectives
The CPVFD is the operating agency for Fire Protection District # 10 of Acadia Parish. Our mission is to provide protection of life and property from the hardships of fire and other emergencies though the execution of the latest methods of firefighting, first aid, and search and rescue whenever possible. Our goals are designed to enable all members to follow, learn, train, and work together as a team and to assist all members in providing professional service to the community. Compliance of these goals will enhance the ability of the fire department to provide the highest quality of public service, increase cooperation with other emergency service organizations, and work closely with the community.
The purpose of this organization is:
1. Fire Suppression 3. Search and Rescue
2. Fire Prevention 4. Emergency Medical Response
The Church Point VFD. is dedicated to life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation.
Fire Chief Raymond Ledoux
Hello, I am Raymond Ledoux and I have the privilege of being the Fire Chief of the Church Point Volunteer Fire Department. We area 100% volunteer membership that is truly dedicated to the fire service and committed to the public that we serve and protect. Due to the dedication of our leadership team and personnel, we were able to achieve a fire rating of 5 in 2011. By doing this we were able to get the people of our community a lower insurance premium. We are up for reevaluation in 2016 and our goal is to keep and hopefully better our rating. If you have the drive to help the community please come and join us.
Fire Officers
Berl Adams Assistant Fire Chief
David Adams Assistant Fire Chief
Chris Bellard Fire Captain
David Sonnier Fire Captain
General Fire Service Activities
1. Incident Management
2. Communications
3. Fire Suppression
4. Water Supply
5. Hose Deployment
6. Forcible Entry
7. Search and Rescue
8. Ventilation
9. Salvage/Overhaul
10. Medical Emergency Response
Training Summary
1. Regular training sessions are held every Monday night at 6 PM. unless otherwise posted.
2. Firefighters are encouraged to attend LSU training sessions throughout the parish.
Fire Emergency Training Institute at LSU is the agency by which we receive fire service certification.
3. All firefighters are encouraged to train according to the NFPA standards.
4. Computer aided, visual aids, DVDs, online courses, and power point classes will be counted as valid training hours when documented and approved by the fire chief.
5. Training with automatic and mutual aid fire departments will be conducted at least once with us and once with them annually.
General Fire Service Training Objectives
1. Incident Management
2. Communications
3. Fire Suppression
4. Water Supply
5. Hose Deployment
6. Forcible Entry
7. Search and Rescue
8. Ventilation
9. Salvage/Overhaul
10. Medical Emergency Response
Property Insurance Association of Louisiana
A private association approved by La. Legislation. They are knowledgeable of the Fire Suppression Rating Schedule. They evaluate the capabilities of the community to respond to and extinguish structural fires.
PIAL generally grades fire departments every 5 years.
Fire Rating
The Church Point Volunteer Fire Department is graded every five years by Property Insurance Association of Louisiana (PIAL). We are graded on a scale of 1 to 10. One being the best and ten the worst.
After the forming of the Acadia Parish Fire Protection District #10, which provided much needed funding and the guidance, and the aggressive leadership of our current CPVFD administration, we have improved our rating from a rating of 7 outside the city and 6 inside, then a rating of 6 both inside and outside the city limits to the current rating 5 both inside and outside the city limits.
We will be graded again in the year 2016. .
50 percent of this grade is generated directly by your fire department based on: Available equipment (supplied by the Fire District and the Fire Department), response times and coverage, firefighting ability, water hauling (outside city limits), documentation, training, certifications, etc.
40 percent of this grade is generated directly by the water supply. Since our fire district includes a municipality, this water supply grade is largely determined by the municipality. This includes: infrastructure, (which includes hydrants, water line size and flow rates), sustainability of supply, emergency supply and pressure systems, etc.
10 percent of this grade is directly generated by communications which is largely based on our Acadia Parish 911 system. This includes, qualification and certification of dispatchers, accessibility, dispatch times, backups, equipment, etc.
It is the goal of the CPVFD to continue to strive to improve the parts of these ratings that we can effect.