job opportunities Interested in saving lives?

Civil Service Board Appointment
St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District #4 is looking for an appointment to our civil service board to be selected by our Board of Commissioners. Our Civil Service Board is composed of members who shall serve without compensation. This board has a chairman, vice-chairman and a secretary. The domicile of the board members shall reside within the boundaries of Fire District #4.

If interested, mail a resume to:
St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District #4
Civil Service Board Appointment
709 Girod St.
Mandeville, LA 70448

All resumes are to be received by September 14, 2010.

To be eligible for appointment or to serve as a member of a board, a person shall be a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of the area for which fire or police protection is provided for at least five years next preceding his appointment, and at the time of their appointment a qualified voter of the area.

No member of a board shall have been, during a period of six months immediately preceding his appointment, a member of any local, state, or national committee of a political party, or an officer or member of a committee in any factional political club or organization.

No member of a board shall be a candidate for nomination or election to any public office or hold any other public office or position of public employment, except that of notary public, a military or naval official office, or that of a municipal, parish, or fire protection district fire or police department.

The term of office for all members of the board shall be for a period of three years and each member shall serve until his successor has been appointed and qualified.

Each member shall take the oath of office before entering upon the duties of his office
A chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected by the members of the board for terms which shall run concurrently with that for which each was appointed to serve as a member of the board, however, the term of either office shall terminate upon death of the incumbent or upon his resignation from the office or from the board or his removal from the board.

The chairman of the board shall call, and the members of the board shall attend, one regular meeting of the board within each quarterly period of each calendar year. Two members of our three-member board shall constitute a quorum, and the concurring votes of a simple majority of members shall be sufficient for the decision of all matters to be decided or transacted by it.
Meetings of the board shall be open to the public.

If you have any questions contact Chief Merrick Tassin at 985-626-8671