Professional firefighters who, on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d’incendie et de secours, are under the authority of a communal or inter-communal body are transferred to the departmental body under the conditions set out in an agreement signed between, on the one hand, the commune or the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation and, on the other hand, the departmental fire and rescue service. The statutory guarantees of their employment frameworks remain applicable to them.
The agreement sets out, after consultation with the relevant joint bodies, the terms and conditions of the transfers, which must take place within five years of the promulgation of law no. 96-369 of 3 May 1996 relating to fire and rescue services
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