Military Firefighters Corps

Military Firefighters Corps
Corpo de Bombeiros Militar
Active1856 (1856)
Country Brazil
BranchMilitary firefighters corps
RoleFire fighting
Size50,000 active personnel[1]
Part ofMilitary Reserve Force
of Brazilian Army
Nickname(s)CBM
PatronEmperor Pedro II
AnniversariesJuly 2
Commanders
CommanderGovernors of the States
Ceremonial chiefGeneral-Commander of each CBM

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]

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

  1. ^ Inspectorate General of Military Police (In Portuguese) Archived 2014-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Article 144 of Constitution of Brazil.
  3. ^ "L13675". www.planalto.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  4. ^ Constitutional Amendment 18, of February 5, 1998. (In Portuguese)

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