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The Paris Fire Brigade (French ''Brigade des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris'', BSPP), is the fire service for the city of Paris and the surrounding '' Départements '' of Seine-Saint-Denis , Val-de-Marne , Hauts-de-Seine . The remaining departments in the Paris Metropole have their own Fire Brigade s. The brigade is a branch of the French Army and consists of military personnel, who are placed at the disposal of the Paris Prefecture Of Police in an arrangement similar to that of the French Gendarmerie (they end the yearly Bastille Day parade, and are traditionally the most applauded unit). The Paris Fire Brigade is part of the Combat Engineering forces, the firefighters are therefore called " Sapper s" (''sapeurs''). MISSION As any French firefighter, their missions are # Fire Suppression # Emergency ambulance # Utility Safety - Gas Leaks et al # Personal Assistance - Victims services, SAR lost persons # Motor vehicle collision response # Protection of beings # Patrol, Reconnaissance and Research # Animal rescue # Pollution control and HAZMAT Response # Alarm response They defend Paris and its "little crown" (close suburbs), but also specific sites:
HISTORY Founded in 1793 as the ''Corps des gardes-pompes de la ville de Paris'' and following the 23 hour Austrian Embassy Fire in 1810 became a military organisation by Imperial Decree by the Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte . On 18 September 1811 , it became the ''Bataillon de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris'' and was expanded to the ''Régiment de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris'' in 1867 . On 1 March 1967 became the ''Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris''. SELECTION AND INSTRUCTION The operational personnel (''hommes du rang'' i.e. privates) are usually engaged for five years. They must have french Nationality , be between 18 and 25 years old, have a clean Criminal Record and have at least a Vocational Training Certificate (CAP). The selection is three days long, with sports tests, psychomotor tests, medical examination, etc. The instruction is made in the Instruction group (''Groupement d'instruction'', GI), at the fort of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges . The first period lasts two months, with the First Aid and First Responder training, and basic military instruction (including shooting). Then the sapper undertakes practical training of four months in a Fire company (''compagnie d'incendie''); he takes part in personal assistance and utility safety operations. The sapper come back to the Instruction group for two months for his fire training. He is then attached to a Fire company. RESOURCES The BSPP consists of 7,000 personnel who man 81 stations and facilities who conduct 1200 operations daily.
CORPORATE ORGANISATION Commanded by a General, who directly controls the Information and Public Relations Bureau, and who is assisted a Colonel-Adjutant, a General Council called a Cabinet and a Chief Of Staff who controls the following Bureaus:
and three Assistant Chiefs of Staff:
FIELD ORGANISATION
each contains eight Fire companies and an Emergency medical service
First fire group (''Premier groupement d'incendie'') The First fire group of the Paris Fire Brigade covers Northeast Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis and is Headquartered at:
and consist of the following units:
Second fire group (''Deuxième groupement d'incendie'') The Second Fire Group of the Paris Fire Brigade covers Southeast Paris and Val-de-Marne and is Headquartered at:
and consist of the following:
Third fire group (''Troisième groupement d'incendie'') The Third Fire Group of the Paris Fire Brigade covers Western Paris and Hauts-de-Seine and is Headquartered at:
and consists of the following units: and 8 Fire Companies:
Instructions Group (''Groupement d'instruction'') The Instructions Group of the Paris Fire Brigade provides education and training to all Paris Firefighters . It consists of the following:
SPECIAL SERVICES Controlled by Headquarters
OPERATIONS The BSPP has about 1 200 interventions per day. In 2001 :
Note that Paris has more than 2 million inhabitants, and each departement has about 1,3 million inhabitants; there are altogether 6,16 million inhabitants in the BSPP zone ( 1999 ). This represents:
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