When they are not part of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with jurisdiction over fire and rescue services, municipalities participate in the exercise of jurisdiction over fire and rescue services by contributing to the financing of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service. They are then represented on the fire and rescue service’s board of directors. When a commune transfers, pursuant to article L. 1424-35, competence in fire and rescue matters to the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation of which it is a member, it continues, where applicable, to sit on the board of directors of the fire and rescue service until the next renewal of the latter.