Corps of Firefighters of Catalonia explained

Bombers de la Generalitat de Catalunya Catalonia Firefighters
Country:	Spain
Subdivision Type1:	Autonomous community
Address:	Carrer Diputació 355, Barcelona
Employees:	2,333 career firefighters and 2,057 volunteers (2016)^[1]
Chief:	Juli Gendrau i Farguell^[2]
Stations:	149 (2016)^[3]
Engines:	332 (2016)
Trucks:	357 (2016)
Ladders:	32 (2016)
Ambulances:	3 (2016)^[4]

The Corps of Firefighters of Catalonia (in Catalan: Cos de Bombers de la Generalitat de Catalunya) is the fire department of Catalonia, Spain. The body was established on June 27, 1980, shortly after the second restoration of the Government of Catalonia. It has responsibility managing all tasks related to firefighting, fire prevention, civil protection, maritime rescue, and traffic accidents.

The corps is part of the Ministry of the Interior of Catalonia, led by Joan Ignasi Elena, and have a hierarchical chain of command.^[5] The body has 149 stations, which are distributed in 7 emergency regions: Center, Girona, Lleida, Metropolitan North, Metropolitan South, Tarragona and Terres de l'Ebre.^[6]

In recognition of the service and the work carried out, the body was awarded the Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia on 11 September 2009.^[7]

Tasks

According to the Law 9/2010, the Firefighters of Catalonia have the following tasks:^[8]

• Fire extinguishing while trying to minimise damage, both personal and material.
• Develop prevention activities to avoid fires and accidents.
• Study and investigate techniques, facilities and systems to increase fire protection.
• Participate in civil protection operations.
• Perform rescue tasks in difficult access rivers and mountains.
• Investigate and analyse the accidents under their jurisdiction.
• Provide information and formative activities for the general public.
• Act in service of public interest.
• Other actions stipulated in the current legislation documents.

See also

• Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona
• Mossos d'Esquadra

Bibliography

• Book: Saura i Laporta, Joan . Mestre Campi . Jesús . Ferrer i Murillo . Marc . Savalls . Carles . Rovira . Joan . Lanau . Olga . 2009 . Bombers de Catalunya: història i present . Firefighters of Catalonia: past and present . Catalan . Barcelona . Departament d'Interior . 978-84-393-8002-3.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bombers de la Generalitat. 2016 Efectius. Comarques i Aran, i àmbits . . 2016 . . 3 October 2017 .
2. News: Morales . Aida . 12 February 2016 . Juli Gendrau serà el nou director general de Bombers de Catalunya . Juli Gendrau will be the new general chief of Catalonia Firefighters . Catalan . Nació Digital . Berga . 3 October 2017.
3. Web site: Cercador de parcs de bombers . . 2017 . Generalitat de Catalunya . Departament d'Interior . 3 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171004040232/http://interior.gencat.cat/ca/arees_dactuacio/bombers/parcs_de_bombers/cercador-de-parcs-de-bombers/ . 4 October 2017 . dead .
4. Web site: Vehicles i equipaments . . 2016 . . Departament d'Interior . 3 October 2017.
5. Web site: Organització. Jerarquia del cos de bombers . . Escola d’Emergències, Prevenció i Seguretat de Catalunya . 3 October 2017.
6. Web site: Departament . . 23 December 2015 . . 3 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035744/http://interior.gencat.cat/ca/el_departament/adreces_i_telefons/regions_d_emergencies/ . 4 October 2017 . dead .
7. News: 12 September 2009 . Medalla d'Or per als bombers . Gold Medal for the firefighters . Catalan . . 3 October 2017.
8. Web site: Llei 9/2010 . . 10 June 2010 . Generalitat de Catalunya . Ministry of the Interior of Catalonia . 3 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171004040309/http://interior.gencat.cat/web/.content/home/030_arees_dactuacio/bombers/coneix_els_bombers/que_fan_els_bombers/enllacos/llei_9_2010_modificacio.llei_5_1994.pdf . 4 October 2017 . dead .