Section 2a: Provisions relating to local fire and rescue services

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.

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation are competent to build, acquire or lease the property necessary for the operation of the first response centres of the local fire and rescue services.