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Article L1424-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Professional firefighters, both officers and non-officers, are recruited and managed by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, within the framework of the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to them. As an exception to the first paragraph, professional firefighter officers may, under conditions set by regulation, be appointed to their grades, jobs or functions jointly by the competent State authority and the chairman of the fire and rescue service’s…

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Article L1424-9-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Territorial civil service employees other than those in the professional fire brigade are recruited and managed by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, within the framework of the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to them. By way of derogation from article 40 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the territorial civil service, when they are required to occupy a functional post…

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Article L1424-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Volunteer firefighters and volunteers on firefighter civic service are hired and managed by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service. As an exception to the first paragraph, volunteer firefighter officers and non-commissioned officers may, under conditions laid down by regulation, be appointed to their grades or duties jointly by the competent State authority and the chairman of the fire and rescue service’s board of directors.

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Article L1424-12 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The departmental or territorial fire and rescue service builds, acquires or rents the assets necessary for its operation. An equipment plan is drawn up by the board of directors based on the risk coverage objectives set by the departmental scheme mentioned in article L1424-7. It determines the equipment that will be made available to the fire and rescue centres belonging to the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation. .

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Article L1424-13 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

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…

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Article L1424-14 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Volunteer firefighters belonging to a communal or inter-communal fire brigade serving a main rescue centre or a rescue centre on the date of promulgation of law n° 96-369 of 3 May 1996 relating to fire and rescue services are transferred to the departmental fire and rescue service. An agreement signed between, on the one hand, the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation and, on the other hand, the departmental…

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Article L1424-15 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

When a commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation has requested, by decision of its deliberative body, the attachment of a communal or inter-communal corps to the departmental corps, the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service proceeds with the attachment of the volunteer firefighters under the conditions set by its board of directors. Responsibilities for hiring and managing the volunteer firefighters mentioned in the previous paragraph are transferred…

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Article L1424-16 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Administrative, technical and specialist staff from the territorial civil service who are not professional firefighters and who participate in the operation of fire and rescue centres under the authority of a commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may be made available to the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service at their request and with the agreement of this service and that of the commune or public establishment…

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Article L1424-17 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Assigned property, on the date of promulgation of Law no. 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d’incendie et de secours, par les communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation and the department for the operation of the fire and rescue services and necessary for the operation of the departmental fire and rescue service are made available to the latter, free of charge, from the date set by an agreement,…

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