BOOK V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MAYOTTE

Fire and rescue centres are the departmental units primarily responsible for rescue missions. They are created and classified by order of the prefect, after consulting the general council, into main rescue centres and rescue centres according to the risk analysis and coverage plan and operational regulations. The classification criteria, defined by order of the Prefect of Mayotte, are based on the number of simultaneous departures for fire-fighting, emergency personal assistance…

The management posts of the Mayotte fire and rescue service are as follows: 1° Director; 2° Deputy Director; 3° Head of group and head of administrative and financial affairs; 4° Chief medical officer of the health and medical rescue service. The management posts mentioned in 3° that do not have an operational purpose may be occupied by territorial civil servants who do not come under the professional fire brigade officer…

The health and medical rescue service carries out the following missions: 1° Monitoring the physical condition of firefighters; 2° Carrying out professional and fitness medicine for professional firefighters and fitness medicine for volunteer firefighters; 3° Advising on preventive medicine, health and safety, in particular to the health and safety committee ; 4° Health support for fire and rescue service operations and emergency care for firefighters; 5° Participation in the training…

An internal regulation, adopted by deliberation of the General Council on the proposal of the operating council, sets out the operating procedures of the Mayotte fire brigade and the service obligations of its members. The president of the general council refers the matter to: – the joint territorial social committee for provisions specific to professional firefighters; – the consultative committee of volunteer firefighters provided for in article R. 3551-6-7 for…

Professional fire brigade officers up to the rank of captain are appointed by joint order of the prefect and the president of the general council. Officers of a higher rank are appointed by joint order of the minister responsible for civil security and the president of the general council. The number of professional fire brigade officers and non-commissioned officers in the Mayotte fire brigade is determined on the basis of…

An advisory committee of volunteer firefighters, specific to all volunteer firefighters in the Mayotte fire brigade, the operating procedures of which are set by order of the prefect, is created within the fire and rescue service.

Agents of local authorities and their public establishments may not perform the duties of a volunteer firefighter during duty time, except in the cases provided for by law no. 96-370 of 3 May 1996 relating to the development of volunteering in the fire brigades. Territorial civil servants who, not having the status of professional firefighter, report to the Mayotte fire and rescue service are entrusted with tasks that do not…

I. – The budget for the Mayotte fire and rescue service comprises an investment section and an operating section. The investment section may include programme authorisations and payment appropriations. Programme authorisations relating to capital expenditure correspond to expenditure of a multi-annual nature relating to a specific fixed asset or set of fixed assets, acquired or completed by the departmental authority as part of the fire and rescue service’s remit. The…

The alert handling centre(s) are managed by a professional firefighter. They are provided with a single call number. The alert handling centre(s) and the hospital and dispensary call reception centres keep each other informed, as quickly as possible, of calls received and operations in progress; they redirect to the appropriate centre any call that does not fall directly within their area of responsibility. Medical regulation is carried out by doctors…

The departmental fire and rescue operations centre known as the CODIS is the coordinating body for the operational activity of the Mayotte fire and rescue service. It is directed by a professional firefighter. The CODIS is immediately informed of all operations in progress and is regularly kept informed of developments in the situation until the end of operations. Placed under the authority of the director of the Mayotte fire and…