Corps of Firefighters of Catalonia

Fire department of Catalonia, Spain

Bombers de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Catalonia Firefighters

Operational area
Country|  Spain
Autonomous community|  Catalonia
Address| Carrer Diputació 355, Barcelona
Agency overview
Established| 27 June 1980 (1980-06-27)[1]
Employees| 2,333 career firefighters and 2,057 volunteers (2016)[2]
Fire chief| Juli Gendrau i Farguell[3]
Facilities and equipment
Stations| 149 (2016)[4]
Engines| 332 (2016)
Trucks| 357 (2016)32 (2016)
Ambulances| 3 (2016)[5]

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.[1] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

## Tasks

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Catalan firefighters cutting down a tree to prevent fires near L'Escala in 2010.

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

* 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

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* Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona
* Mossos d'Esquadra

## References

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1. ^ a b Saura i Laporta et al. 2009, p. 160.
2. ^ "Bombers de la Generalitat. 2016 Efectius. Comarques i Aran, i àmbits". IDESCAT. 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
3. ^ 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]. Nació Digital (in Catalan). Berga. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
4. ^ "Cercador de parcs de bombers". Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament d'Interior. 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
5. ^ "Vehicles i equipaments". Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament d'Interior. 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
6. ^ "Organització. Jerarquia del cos de bombers". Escola d’Emergències, Prevenció i Seguretat de Catalunya. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
7. ^ "Departament". Generalitat de Catalunya. 23 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
8. ^ "Medalla d'Or per als bombers" [Gold Medal for the firefighters]. El Punt Avui (in Catalan). 12 September 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
9. ^ "Llei 9/2010" (PDF). Generalitat de Catalunya. Ministry of the Interior of Catalonia. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

## Bibliography

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* 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] (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona: Departament d'Interior. ISBN 978-84-393-8002-3.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Firefighting in Catalonia.

* Official website