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Robert P. Benoit, Director of Fire Department
(1993 - Present)
Phone: (337) 291-8703
Email: rpbenoit@lafayettegov.com
- Robert P. Benoit was appointed on August 7, 1993.
- He is in charge of a $15 million dollar operation consisting of approximately 250 employees, 13 fire stations and over 50 pieces of apparatus and emergency vehicles.
- He is responsible for upgrading the Fire Department through education, training, and certification coupled with the latest firefighter equipment which includes computers and thermal imaging units (heat sensitive scanning devices used to locate victims trapped by fires in smoke filled environments).
- He has built a state of the art training facility designed to both train and certify firefighters in high tech emergency situations.
- One of the most important accomplishments of Chief Robert P. Benoit has been the implementation of a First Responder program within the department which utilizes Automated External Defibrillators (devices used to assist patients who may be having a heart attack). This program has greatly enhanced the quality of life for the citizens of Lafayette.
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