A communal or inter-communal first response centre may be created by prefectoral decree, if the deliberative body of the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation so requests, after receiving the assent of the fire and rescue service’s board of directors. The need for this creation must be established by the departmental risk analysis and coverage plan.
In the event of serious negligence or operational difficulties observed in a communal or inter-communal fire brigade, the prefect may dissolve the brigade by order issued after consulting the departmental director of fire and rescue services and the deliberative body of the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation. This order specifies the conditions for the reorganisation of the corps and the arrangements required to provide rescue services until this…
The departmental risk analysis and coverage plan provided for in article L. 1424-7 is drawn up by the Prefect. The Prefect obtains the opinion of the territorial social committee, the departmental advisory committee of volunteer firefighters and the administrative and technical commission of the fire and rescue services on the draft plan. This draft is also presented to the college of heads of state services. The departmental risk analysis and…
Fire and rescue centres are created and classified by order of the prefect on the basis of the departmental risk analysis and coverage plan and operational regulations as well as the number and type of intervention departures provided according to the following criteria: a) Fire and rescue centres simultaneously providing at least one response departure for a fire-fighting mission, two response departures for a mission of emergency first aid and…
Fire and rescue centres are placed under the authority of a centre chief appointed in accordance with the provisions of article R. 1424-21.
A fire and rescue centre is said to be mixed when it includes both professional firefighters and volunteer firefighters. A mixed centre is commanded by a professional firefighter when it includes at least eight professional firefighters and by a professional fire officer when its total strength exceeds thirty firefighters, including eight professional firefighters.
The operational regulations referred to in article L. 1424-4 are drawn up by the prefect, following the opinion of the departmental territorial social committee, the administrative and technical commission of the fire and rescue services and the board of directors. The operational regulations take into consideration the departmental risk analysis and coverage plan and the provisions of the national reference guides mentioned in article R. 1424-52. These regulations lay down…
Rescue operations command, exercised under the authority of the prefect or mayor acting within their respective police powers, is provided by a professional or volunteer firefighter, officer, non-commissioned officer or rank, under the conditions set out in the operational regulations. .
Alert processing centres, known as CTAs, are the bodies responsible for receiving, processing and, if necessary, redirecting emergency calls from the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service received in particular via the 18 emergency call number. They are directed by a professional fire brigade officer. In accordance with the provisions of article L. 1424-44 of this code and the article L. 6311-2 of the public health code, the alert…
The departmental fire and rescue operations centre, known as the CODIS, is the body that coordinates the operational activities of the department’s fire and rescue services. It is headed by a professional fire brigade officer. It is immediately informed of all operations in progress and is regularly kept informed of developments in the situation until they are completed. Placed under the authority of the departmental director of fire and rescue…
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