The command of the battalion is exercised by a general officer of the marine officer corps.
The battalion commander has deputies to whom he may delegate his signature within the limits of their respective attributions.
The Marseille marine firefighters battalion is placed:
– for employment, under the authority of the mayor of Marseille acting within the scope of his powers in terms of fire rescue and defence;
– organically, under the authority of the general officer, commanding the Mediterranean maritime district.
Its staffing levels are set by the Ministry of Defence at the request of the Marseilles City Council.
It intervenes outside the territorial limits defined by Article R. 2513-5 by decision of the Minister of the Interior, the Prefect of the Southern Defence Zone or the Prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône.