This template creates a header to be used with succession boxes.

The template defaults to  Civic offices  if no parameter is given. In the following table, the first column contains the header and the second column shows the template call used to create it.

Civic offices {{s-civ}}

The format is {{s-civ|parameter}}, where parameter is replaced by one of the parameter names shown in the following table. The first column displays the header and the second column contains the parameter name.

Police appointments pol
Fire appointments fir
Medical appointments med

From the Bernard C. Parks article:

{{s-start}}
{{s-civ|pol}}
{{s-bef|before = [[Bayan Lewis]]}}
{{s-ttl|title = [[LAPD#LAPD Chiefs of Police|Chief of LAPD]]
       |years = 1997 – 2002}}
{{s-aft|after = [[Martin H. Pomeroy]]}}
{{s-end}}
Police appointments
पूर्वाधिकारी
Bayan Lewis
Chief of LAPD
1997 – 2002
उत्तराधिकारी
Martin H. Pomeroy

Documentation for creating succession boxes can be found at Template:S-start/doc.