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Article L1424-31 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

An administrative and technical commission for the fire and rescue services is set up under the board of directors of the fire and rescue service. This commission is consulted on matters of a technical or operational nature concerning the fire and rescue services, subject to the provisions of article L1424-40. The administrative and technical commission of the fire and rescue services comprises: 1° Representatives of professional and volunteer firefighters, elected…

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Article L1424-32 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Each departmental or territorial fire and rescue service is placed under the authority of a departmental director of fire and rescue services, assisted by a deputy departmental director. The departmental director and deputy departmental director of fire and rescue services are appointed to their posts pursuant to Article L. 1424-9 and, in overseas departments, after receiving the opinion of the minister responsible for overseas.

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Article L1424-33 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The departmental director of fire and rescue services is placed under the authority of the State representative in the department for: – the operational management of the fire and rescue service and its departmental fire brigade; – the management of preventive actions falling within the remit of the fire and rescue service; – the control and coordination of all communal and inter-communal corps; – the operational implementation of all rescue…

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Article L1424-35 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The department’s contribution to the fire and rescue service’s budget is set each year by a deliberation of the departmental council in the light of the report on changes in the service’s foreseeable resources and expenses over the coming year, adopted by the service’s board of directors. The relationship between the department and the fire and rescue service and, in particular, the department’s contribution, are the subject of a multi-year…

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Article L1424-36 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Until the entry into force of the agreements provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 et L. 1424-17, the minimum amount of direct and indirect expenditure relating to the staff and goods mentioned in these articles, excluding the contributions mentioned in article L1424-35, made each year by the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or the department, is set by an agreement between the fire and rescue service,…

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Article L1424-36-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Credits from the investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services are allocated to fire and rescue services, by the prefects of the defence zones for which they are responsible, in the form of grants for carrying out a specific operation corresponding to actual investment expenditure and contributing to the financing of communication systems or the implementation of departmental risk analysis and coverage plans mentioned…

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Article L1424-36-2 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – The endowment to support structuring investments by fire and rescue services is allocated by the minister in charge of civil security for an investment expense involved in the field of civil security and contributing to the implementation of projects of a structuring, innovative nature or of national interest. II. – The appropriations from this grant may be paid to fire and rescue services, State services and any local…

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Article L1424-36-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In local fire and rescue services, volunteer firefighters are recruited and managed by the commune or the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, volunteer fire brigade officers and non-commissioned officers may, under conditions laid down by regulation, be appointed to their ranks or duties jointly by the competent State authority and the mayor or president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation.

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