Chief Gaubert started his career in fire fighting with the Luling Volunteer Fire Department in 1972. He served as a Captain of a station for 12 years before moving to Hahnville.
Chief Gaubert joined Hahnville VFD in May of 1984 and was voted in on July 1, 1984. He was elected Fire Chief in 1986 and has served as Fire Chief until the present time.
He is a retired maintenance mechanic (26 years) for Shell Chemical and has received numerous trainiing throughout his industrial career in industrial fire fighting, incident command, and as an Emergency Medical Technician. He served as an EMT until 2004 and is now a First Responder.
He serves as a Parish Rapid Assessment Team (PRAT) member for St. Charles Parish, a
Chief Gaubert has been recogonized over his many years of service for his dedication. He may be reached at any time either by calling the fire station at (985)783-2002 or by cell phone at (504)559-8737.
Dennis Robbins was voted into the Hahnville Vol Fire Department in August of 1979 and has served in many capacities for the department. He currently serves as Past President helping the department. He was President from 1980-1984 and 1995-2009.
Mr. Robbins is a retired Industrial Arts (shop) teacher from Hahnville High School after 34 years of dedication to teaching. Dennis has a Master Degree+30 and he also taught Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) and Architecture.. He is also ADDA Certified (American Design Drafting Association).
Mr. Robbins, with the help of Chief Gaubert, was instrumental in developing, obtaining accreditation from the school system and implementing a fire safety class for Hahnville High School. The students learn about fire protection utilizing the Essential of FireFighting manual as a text book with many hands on activities supported by the local parish fire fighters and industry as instructors. At the end of the year the students will receive an academic credic as a science elective. This class is not offered anymore at Hahnville School due to lack of student participation.