Military Firefighters Corps

In Brazil, the Military Firefighters Corps (Portuguese: Corpo de Bombeiros Militar) are military public security forces, responsible for civil defense, firefighting and search and rescue inside the federative units. Since 1915, it has been a military reserve force and an auxiliary force of the Brazilian Army, also composing the Single System of Public Security (Brazilian Portuguese: Sistema Único de Segurança Pública).^[2]^[3] Members of the Military Firefighters Corps, such as the members of the Military Police, are designated as being part of the military of the Federative Units by the Federal Constitution.^[4]

Military Firefighters Corps

1856 (1856)

Brazil

Military firefighters corps

Fire fighting

50,000 active personnel^[1]

Military Reserve Force
of Brazilian Army

CBM

Emperor Pedro II

July 2

Governors of the States

General-Commander of each CBM

Each Federative Unit has its own Military Firefighters Corps with different structures, rules and uniforms.

Emergency telephone number[edit]

In all of Brazil, the emergency telephone number of the Military Firefighters Corps is one, nine, three (193). It is a toll-free call.

The establishment of principles, guidelines and standards for the effective implementation of control and coordination of the Military Police under the command of the Army, through its Military Area Commands, Regions, and other major military commands;

The control of the organization and regulation, personnel and equipment, such as , ammunition, communications equipment, chemical agents, military equipment, vehicles, aircraft and boats;

weapons

The Inspectorate General of Military Police is a command element of the Brazilian Army, responsible for coordinating and conducting activities of control over the Military Police and Military Firefighters Corps of the States.^[9] It is part of the Land Operations Command (Portuguese: Comando de Operações Terrestres) and its mission is: