Paragraph 1: Personnel management

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…

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…

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.