St. Charles Parish has a full-time staffed Department of Emergency Preparedness (formerly the Civil Defense Office established in 1977). The late John M. “Ikey” Lucas served as director of both. He remained in the post until 1996.
This text is copyright © material by Marilyn Richoux, Joan Becnel and Suzanne Friloux, from St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: A Pictorial History, 2010.