CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

I.-The fire and rescue services are only obliged to carry out rescue operations that are directly related to their public service missions as defined in article L. 1424-2. I.-The fire and rescue services are only obliged to carry out rescue operations that are directly related to their public service missions as defined in article L. 1424-2. If they have been asked to take part in operations that are not directly…

The departmental fire and rescue service must have within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d’incendie et de secours : 1° A departmental fire and rescue operational centre responsible for coordinating the operational activity of the fire and rescue services at department level; 2° One, or, if necessary, several alert processing centres, responsible for receiving, processing and possibly redirecting…

After their transfer to the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, the personnel and equipment resources, which were the responsibility of a commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d’incendie et de secours, ne peuvent, en l’absence de schéma départemental d’analyse et de couverture des risques prévu à l’article L. 1424-7,…

For the first election of the members of the board of directors of the departmental fire and rescue service, the administrative commission of the departmental service existing until the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d’incendie et de secours, réunie en formation limitée aux représentants des collectivités territoriales et de leurs groupements, fixe la répartition des sièges mentionnés au 2° de…

The municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with jurisdiction over the management of fire and rescue services retain their jurisdiction over the recruitment and management of the personnel referred to in articles L. 1424-9, L. 1424-10 and L. 1424-11 until the date of entry into force of the agreement concluded with the departmental fire and rescue service. Until this date, professional fire brigade officers, volunteer fire brigade officers and…

On the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d’incendie et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 1424-1 is automatically substituted for the departmental fire and rescue service referred to in Article 56 of Law No. 82-213 of 2 March 1982 on the rights and freedoms of municipalities, departments and regions, as…

I. – The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the City of Paris and in the departments, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, which remain governed by the texts specific to them, with the exception of Articles L. 1424-2 and L. 1424-4-1 as well as article L. 1424-42, for the application of which the functions entrusted to the Board of Directors are carried out by the Paris Council. II. –…

A decree in the Council of State shall set out the terms and conditions for the application of this law.