BOOK VIII: COMMUNES OF FRENCH POLYNESIA

Fire and rescue centres under the authority of communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with a communal or inter-communal fire brigade are classified as fire and rescue services. Fire and rescue centres comprise main rescue centres, rescue centres and first response centres. They may include a health and medical rescue service. The operational response procedures for fire and rescue centres are determined by the operational regulations provided for in…

The fire and rescue services are responsible for preventing, protecting against and fighting fires. They contribute, along with the other services and professionals concerned, to protecting against and fighting other accidents, disasters and catastrophes, assessing and preventing technological or natural risks and providing emergency assistance. Within the scope of their responsibilities, they carry out the following tasks: 1° Prevention and assessment of civil protection risks; 2° Preparation of protective measures…

The fire and rescue services are placed for employment under the authority of the mayor or the high commissioner, acting within the framework of their respective police powers. To carry out the prevention missions for which they are responsible, particularly with regard to the risks of fire and panic in establishments open to the public, within the framework of the regulations applicable in French Polynesia, the mayor or the high…

In the exercise of their police powers, the mayor and the High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia implement the resources under the responsibility of the fire and rescue services under the conditions set out in operational regulations issued by the High Commissioner. The organisation of the command of rescue operations is determined by these regulations. The designated rescue operations commander is responsible, under the authority of the director…

The risk analysis and coverage plan for French Polynesia draws up an inventory of the risks of all kinds to the safety of people and property that the fire and rescue services have to deal with and determines the objectives for the coverage of these risks by the latter. It includes a section relating to the risk of fire in forests, agricultural areas and vegetation and determines the objectives for…

A communal or inter-communal fire brigade is composed of: l° Professional fire fighters; 2° Volunteer fire fighters.

In the event of operational difficulties, a communal or inter-communal fire brigade is disbanded by order of the High Commissioner, following the opinion of the mayor or the president of the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with competence in fire and rescue matters. This order specifies the conditions for the reorganisation of the fire brigade and the arrangements required to provide emergency services until this reorganisation.

Professional or volunteer firefighters who are officers and, when they are chosen from among professional or volunteer firefighters who are not officers, fire and rescue centre chiefs and communal or inter-communal corps chiefs are appointed to their post and, in the case of officers, to their grade, by the mayor or the president of the deliberative body of the public establishment of inter-communal cooperation competent in fire and rescue matters,…