You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they turn out to be heroes.
​— Walter M. Schirra, Sr.

They go by many names: father, dad, pop, old man. But, to those who look up to them, they are heroes.

To all the father’s of our community and communities near and far, the Choctaw Volunteer Fire Department would like to say ‘Happy Father’s Day’. May your day be as great as you are.

Virginia Beach is 1,133 miles away from Lafourche Parish, but just like so many people from our own communities, these twelve men and women spent their lives in public service, taking care of whatever matters the public presented to them.

Yesterday, these twelve men and women lost their lives in a senseless act of violence. We mourn their loss, and our prayers are with their families, friends and co-workers in this difficult time.

The Choctaw Volunteer Fire Department and Bayou Boeuf Volunteer Fire Department participated in the second session of a two night disentanglement training exercise last night at Station #1 in Choctaw. These two organizations were also assisted by Guillot’s Wrecker Services, which is an outstanding local supporter of the fire service.

After learning classroom fundamentals last week, tonight’s exercise gave members an opportunity to have hands-on experience with various tools used for gaining access to and disentanglement of patients by using those tools in various scenarios on two full-size motor vehicles.

The Choctaw Volunteer Fire Department and the Bayou Boeuf Volunteer Fire Department routinely assist each other with various emergencies, and this training exercise provided members with an opportunity to work hand and hand to develop skills that will enable both departments to more effectively serve our communities.

Bingo will be cancelled this Tuesday — 14 May 2019. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We just happened to come across this video while searching for something on Google, and were we ever shocked. Not only do we have some of the best deputies in the world that keep our visitors safe every year, those deputies actually have some keen dance moves as well.

This is Reserve Deputy Mary Milam and her new found friend at the 35th Annual Choctaw Firemen’s Fair.

We know the video is from more than a year ago, but we wanted to share it with you. Sorry, Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office, but for some reason, we couldn’t extract the audio when we downloaded the video. We had to mix in some different background music.

In honor of National Police Week, we would like to say ‘thank you’ to all of our area law enforcement officers who place their lives on the line everyday to keep our community safe.