Enforcement Fire Department |
St. Bernard has the lowest crime rate of any parish in Louisiana. This is a direct result of cooperation between the sheriffós office and people in the community. The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s main office is located in the Parish Courthouse in Chalmette and handles all of the criminal, civil and tax division operations, as well as police protection throughout the parish. There are 175 employees, 120 full-time ,80 of them deputies providing 24-hour patrol throughout the parish, in 21 patrol units. In 1988 the voters of St. Bernard Parish passed a millage proposal to purchase state of the art equipment. At the present time the 16 trucks are manned by 107 full-time fire fighters in ten stations around the parish. The fire rating of grade 3 covers the entire parish. The fire department also provides First Responder Medical response parish wide with vehicle extrication and rescue services. The new services and equipment have resulted in a noticeable drop in fire insurance costs. |
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The Chalmette Medical Centers
St. Bernardós two hospitals have been consolidated into one medical center. De La Ronde Hospital is a 118 bed hospital in Chalmette. Since February 1981, De La Ronde has provided the citizens of St. Bernard Parish and New Orleans East with a wide range of general medical and surgical services. Specialized services are also available. The emergency room is fully equipped to handle virtually any emergency. All forms of heart and lung diseases are treated by the Cardiopulmonary service. The Intensive Care/Cardiac Care Units are staffed entirely by certified critical care nurses under the medical direction of a full time cardiologist. Surgery may be performed on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Other services include radiology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, physical therapy and pathology, all equipped with the latest in advanced technology.
Across the street is the Chalmette General Hospital, a growing 109 bed general acute care hospital. This hospital has provided St. Bernard Parish with high quality health care since Oct. 1977, offering complete hospital service including a 24 hour Physician Staffed Emergency Room. Located adjacent to the hospital at 800 Virtue Street is the Chalmette Medical/Dental Office Building. This building provides office space for 23 physicians with specialties in: Family Practice, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Oncology, Neurology and Urology. The local medical field also includes eight clinics 140 doctors and at least 32 dentists. There are also four nursing homes with a total of 271 beds. Ambulance Service is provided by Medic One and Priority EMS, Inc. which can be reached through available 911 service. Residents also have access to the large number of medical facilities located in the regional area, including the LSU and Tulane Medical Centers in New Orleans and numerous other public and private medical facilities. |
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and Recreation |
St. Bernard Parish has 26 public parks run by Federal, State and Parish governments. Community tennis courts and six ball fields are also available. Youth programs in all sports are available year-round. Several country clubs and golf courses are available in nearby parishes. There is one theater in Chalmette and the St. Bernard Civic Center is host to many performing arts events. Of course water sports are always major activities for visitors and residents of the parish. Boating, skiing, and fishing on local bayous and lakes offer a variety of options. There are at least 16 marinas and many public boat launches. The parish also has access to the vast recreational and cultural facilities of the metropolitan New Orleans area: including the new Aquarium of the Americas, the New Orleans Symphony, opera and ballet, the National Foot- ball Leagueós New Orleans Saints, NCAA college athletics from Tulane University, University of New Orleans, Louisiana State University, and others. Two race tracks are also located there. |
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St. Bernard has several shopping centers located along St. Bernard Highway and Judge Perez Drive. These include Schwegmannós Chalmette Plaza, River Park Shopping Center, Grevenós Villa, Village Square Shopping Center and Meraux Plaza. The New Orleans Central Business District is only a few miles away, and has seen an explosion of retail activity in the past few years. The Riverwalk, Canal Place, and New Orleans Centre have added several specialty retail outlets, including national chain outlets like Lord and Taylor, Macyós, Brooks Brothers, Sharper Image and Saks Fifth Avenue. There is also a regional shopping center in New Orleans East which is very convenient. |
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Communications in the area include two local weekly newspapers (The St. Bernard Voice‹Chalmette, The St. Bernard News‹Metairie). The Times Picayune a Metropolitan daily newspaper from New Orleans is also circulated in St. Bernard Parish. Many New Orleans stations are available in St. Bernard Parish including all news stations and a station that reads for the blind and sight impaired. Television stations can be received from New Orleans including all four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX:). Cable service is also available in the parish and provides up to 36 stations. |
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| St. Bernard Parish enjoys a complete seasonal cycle with pleasant spring and fall seasons. Winter months are usually mild with cold spells of short duration. Snowfall is less than 2" per year. The summer months are quite warm, with an average daily maximum temperature in July and August of 93 degrees. |
| St. Bernard Parish is located in southeast Louisiana. The parish is bordered on the north by Orleans Parish and Lake Borgne, on the east by the Chandeleur Sound, on the south by Breton Sound, and on the west by Plaquemines Parish and the Mississippi River. The Parish is bisected by the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet which provides a short route between the Port of New Orleans on the River and the Gulf of Mexico. The population is distributed along the Mississippi River and the Bayous La Loutre and Terre Aux Boeufs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highways |
From St. Bernard Parish, a manufacturer can realistically expect third-day truckload service to major markets in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Within this 31-state area are 69 percent of the nationós population and 70 percent of its manufacturing plants. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Highway x U.S. Highway x intersects Interstate x at x xx miles to the west and near New St. Bernard about x miles to the east. Highway 90 also intersects with Interstate x in x. It also continues to the eastern and western borders of the state. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Primary program (FAP, 50ft ROW with 24 ft. paved surface) and parallels the Mississippi River for its entire length. The north end is used primarily as a commuter route to the New Orleans CBD only a few miles away. To the south this highway connects to the industries which line the east bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Secondary program (FAS, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface). It is used as a route to the New Orleans CBD on the west end of the parish and to the east it is a connection to the communities along Bayous la Loutre and Terra Aux Boeufs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This road is on the Federal Aid Primary program (FAS, 50ft. ROW with 24 ft. paved surface). It connects with highways 39 and 46 on the south end and to the north crosses Bayou Bienvenue to intersect U. S. Highway 90 and then becomes I-510 to cross the IntraCoastal Water Way and connect with I-10. | The two main transportation arteries within St. Bernard Parish are State Highways 39 and 46. Another important road is State Highway 47 which has recently been connected to Interstate Highway 10 to the north. I- 510, as this connection is designated, provides a direct route in and out of St. Bernard Parish for industrial and residential transportation. The I-10 system stretches to both the east and west coasts of the United States. I-55 which is just 25 miles to the west intersects with I-10 near LaPlace, La. and runs northward through Jackson, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee and on to Chicago, Ill. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Bernard Parish is served by the Norfolk-Southern Railroad. The tracks run west into New Orleans to connect with other carriers and turn south in the parish to connect with industries in Plaquemines Parish.. Rail rates in Louisiana for many commodities tend to be lower than those in the other states because of the competition from barge carriers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Facilities |
Being surrounded by water, St. Bernard should be a hot-spot for marine-related activity. Nearby are the Mississippi River, the Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR-GO) that splits the parish. The amazing thing is that there is plenty of room for expansion. St. Bernard leadership is watching carefully as New Orleans is converting old wharf space along the river into civic, commercial and tourist usage. With a ten-mile stretch of under developed river front the industry is looking to St. Bernard. The Port of New Orleans, which has jurisdiction over river traffic in the parishes of Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Bernard, is one of the largest in the world according to the Army Corps of Engineers. It is served by 14 barge lines and about 100 steamship lines. More than 4,000 ships call annually. In 1987, they carried 44.9 million tons of cargo, worth $10.7 billion. Cargo can be delivered by barge from Louisiana to all of mid-America via the 19,000 mile Mississippi River System. Louisiana also sits at the center of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway system that rims the northern Gulf of Mexico. Further, the state itself has 4,500 miles of navigable waterways served by 25 harbor and terminal districts, many of which can issue low-interest industrial revenue bonds to finance manufacturing and storage facilities. Also through the state there is a port construction and priority program that may assist in funding port facilities. |
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| The Port of South Louisiana, is located only xx miles away on the Mississippi River. Imported materials may be processed or repackaged in this port without paying United States Customs duties or certain taxes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Orleans International Airport (Moisant Field) and New Orleans Lakefront Airport serve southeast Louisiana with more than 20 national and international carriers providing direct passenger and cargo transportation to destinations in the U.S., Europe, Central and South America, and Asia. New Orleans International Airport is 25 miles from St. Bernard and is accessible via Interstate Highway 10. The New Orleans International Airport is moving forward rapidly with a $425 million expansion program to add both VFR and IFR parallel runways and associated taxiways, air cargo areas, terminal building expansions (which will include sixteen new gates and a new international arrivals area designed to accommodate international flights), and a major new general aviation complex. The Lakefront Airport is a general aviation facility only ten minutes away from the parish. Sixty-eight Louisiana cities have hard-surfaced public airports, most with night landing capability. Another 250 private airports can accommodate light aircraft. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delivery |
St. Bernard has excellent transit service within the parish and to the New Orleans CBD. Nationwide passenger and parcel service are provided by Greyhound Bus Lines which has a terminal in downtown New Orleans. Emery/Purolator, United Parcel Service, Airborne Express and Federal Express are available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carriers |
Over 50 freight carriers service the area including: SAIA Motor Freight Line, Roadway Express, Red Ball, Consolidated, Jones Truck Lines and Yellow Freight Lines.
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