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Article R1424-28 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

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…

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Article R1424-29 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The budget of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service comprises an investment section and an operating section. The investment section may include programme authorisations and payment appropriations. Each section is divided into chapters and articles in accordance with the rules set by an order of the minister in charge of civil protection and the minister in charge of the budget. The accounts are organised in accordance with decree…

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Article R1424-30 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Revenue for the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service is made up in particular of: 1° Annual contributions from the department, communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with jurisdiction over fire and rescue, including contributions relating to the application of the first paragraph of article L. 1424-41; 2° Grants, subsidies, subsidies and contributions from the European Communities, the State, local authorities and public establishments; 3° Proceeds from borrowings…

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Article R1424-31 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Expenditure by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service includes in particular: 1° Expenditure on the organisation and running of the service; 2° Repayment of loans and costs ancillary to these operations; 3° Expenditure relating to personnel and various allowances provided for by the regulations in force, in particular expenditure relating to the application of article L. 1424-41, the costs of legal assistance, subsidies or guarantees granted to social…

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Article R1424-32 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

In application of the last paragraph of article L. 1424-35, when the board of directors has not set the provisional amount of revenue for the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service on 15 December of the year preceding the financial year, this is equal, taking into account, where applicable, any transfer operations that have taken place during the year, to the amount of contributions from these local authorities and…

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Article D1424-32-3 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The grants from the investment aid fund provided for in article L. 1424-36-1 are distributed each year between the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services and the commune of Marseille on the basis of an amount established, in metropolitan departments, by defence and security zone and, in overseas departments, by department. This apportionment takes into account, as from 1 January 2005, the subsidy to be paid to the fire…

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Article D1424-32-4 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

Eligible for grants from the investment aid fund are operations concerning equipment and materials recommended by the central administration and of national, zonal or departmental interest, belonging to the following categories: – equipment and materials for fighting structure fires; – equipment and materials for fighting fires in natural areas and for intervention to protect the environment; – equipment and materials for fighting technological, nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical risks ;…

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Article D1424-32-5 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The minimum rate of subsidy may not be less than 20% of the estimated amount of subsidisable expenditure excluding tax. The maximum rate of grant may not exceed 60% of this amount, or of the final amount of the operation in the case provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article D. 1424-32-10. However, in the case of an operation presented by a fire and rescue service and…

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