Fire Services Bureau

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Fire Services Bureau
消防局
Corpo de Bombeiros
Agency overview
Established1851; renamed 1976
Employees739
CommissionerSecretariat for Security
Fire chiefCommander
Facilities and equipment
Stations7
Trucks38
Ambulances9
Fire Services Bureau
Chinese name
Chinese消防局
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiāofángjú
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsiu1 fong4 guk6
Portuguese name
PortugueseCorpo de Bombeiros

The Fire Services Bureau[1] (Chinese: 消防局;[2] Portuguese: Corpo de Bombeiros,[a][3] CB) is responsible for fire and rescue services in Macau. Volunteer fire brigades in Macau dates back to 1851 and full-time department in 1883. Prior to 1851, the Portuguese military provided fire services in the colony. In 1999, the CB became a fully civilian agency. Today the department is organized under the Macau Security Force (since 1976 after decades as a division of public works, Leal Senado and municipal control). The brigade is responsible for fire and rescue for both land and air.

The CB operates an ambulance service (Ambulância de Macau), but the Macau Red Cross also operates ambulances (Toyota HiAce vans) for emergency and non-emergencies to local hospitals with volunteer staff.[4]

The organization has a total of 739 uniformed firefighters and paramedics serving from seven fire stations in Macau with one central HQ on Macau.

Stations

Sai Van Lake Fire Station and FS Headquarters
Areia Preta Fire Station and Fire School
Central Fire Station (Old FS Headquarters)
UM Fire Station

Macau's fire brigade began with a single station in 1883 and had three by 1916:

As of 2011[update], there are seven fire stations in Macau:

Mainland

Taipa

Macau Airport fire sub-station behind aircraft

Coloane

Cotai

Hengqin

Central Command Centre and Museum is a two-storey colonial building formerly Station 1 and fire headquarters.

Commissioners

Rank

The following ranks are observed in the CB in accordance with Law No. 2/2008 (Restructure of the Careers in the Security Forces and Departments):[6][7]

Superior Career (高級職程; Carreiras Superiores)

Basic Career (基礎職程; Carreira de Base)

Fleet

Land vehicles

Fire engine
Ambulance

Boats

Air Support

Sky Shuttle Helicopters can provides search and rescue support when victims need to be transported by area to hospital for treatment.

Ambulances are European standard Type B.

Uniform and gear

The uniform and insignia worn by CB personnel follows the model worn by the firefighters of Portugal.

The gear worn by the CB are similar to ones worn in Hong Kong:

Firefighters wear yellow helmets, while senior officers use blue.

Ambulance officers use chartreuse safety helmet with visor.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Meaning Fire Department in the literal translation.

References

  1. ^ "Fire Services Bureau". Macao SAR Government Portal. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  2. ^ 消防局. 澳门特别行政区政府入口网站 [Macao SAR Government Portal] (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  3. ^ "Corpo de Bombeiros". Portal do Governo da RAE de Macau [Macao SAR Government Portal] (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  4. ^ "Ambulance". Macau Red Cross. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  5. ^ "Hengqin Fire Station inaugurated on Fire Services Bureau anniversary". 27 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Lei n.º 2/2008" (in Portuguese) – via Imprensa Oficial.
  7. ^ "Descrição de distintivos". Fire Services Bureau.

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