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VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting Services
DEF

A fire brigade the members of which serve on a voluntary basis in addition to their full-time or main occupation.

OBS

Volunteer fireman: A regularly enrolled firefighter in a community fire service who contributes his time to fire protection and suppression activities without pay, except for workman's compensation or other injury or death benefits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service d'incendie
DEF

Corps de pompiers dans lequel le service d'incendie est assuré volontairement et accessoirement au métier principal.

CONT

Les corps des sapeurs-pompiers communaux ou départementaux. [...] Près de 17 000 sapeurs-pompiers professionnels et 202 000 volontaires, répartis dans 11 676 corps professionnels, volontaires ou mixtes, veillaient en 1984 sur le patrimoine national en dehors des secteurs confiés aux militaires à Paris et à Marseille.

CONT

Il y a deux types de sections de Sapeurs Pompiers en France : - les corps de Sapeurs Pompiers professionnels - les corps de Sapeurs Pompiers volontaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios de lucha contra incendios
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