Subsection 5: Health department

The health subdirectorate carries out, at a minimum, the following missions: 1° Monitoring the physical condition of firefighters; 2° Carrying out professional and fitness medicine for professional firefighters and fitness medicine for volunteer firefighters, under the conditions set out in article R. 1424-28 ; 3° Advice on preventive medicine, health and safety, in particular to the specialised health, safety and working conditions committee of the territorial social committee; 4° Health…

The Health Sub-Directorate includes, in particular, nurses, doctors, pharmacists and veterinary surgeons as well as, where appropriate, expert psychologists and expert health professionals from volunteer firefighters recruited in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 723-90 of the Internal Security Code. Alongside the chief medical officer, the staff of the health subdirectorate may also include: – a post of deputy chief medical officer, which may be supplemented by…

Under the authority of the departmental director of fire and rescue services, the chief medical officer manages the health sub-directorate and advises the fire and rescue service authorities. By way of derogation from article R. 1424-19 of the present code, a doctor recruited on contract may occupy the post of chief medical officer provided that he or she has first attended the professional training course for chief medical officers. The…

A consultative committee of the health subdirectorate is set up, chaired by the chief medical officer. This commission comprises the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, the Chief Pharmacist, the Chief Nurse, two doctors, a pharmacist and two nurses. It also includes the chief veterinary surgeon or, in his absence, a veterinary surgeon. The advisory committee gives its opinion on matters referred to it by its chairman or by the departmental director…

A commission on fitness to perform the duties of a volunteer firefighter is set up within the health subdirectorate, the members of which are the doctors sitting on the advisory commission provided for in article R. 1424-27. This committee is chaired by the Chief Medical Officer. The commission may be asked for its opinion by the fire brigade doctors and by the chief medical officer on any question relating to…