The Corps of Firefighters of Catalonia (in

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: ''Cos de Bombers de la Generalitat de Catalunya'') is the fire department of

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

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. The body was established on June 27, 1980, shortly after the second restoration of the

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. It has responsibility managing all tasks related to

firefighting Firefighting is the act of extinguishing or preventing the spread of unwanted fires from threatening human lives and destroying property and the environment. A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter. Firefighters typically ...

fire prevention Fire prevention is a function of many fire departments. The goal of fire prevention is to educate the public on the precautions which should be taken to prevent potentially harmful fires and how to survive these fires in the event that they do o ...

civil protection Civil defense ( en, region=gb, civil defence) or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from man-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, miti ...

, maritime rescue, and traffic accidents. The corps is part of the Ministry of the Interior of Catalonia, led by

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, and have a hierarchical

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. The body has 149 stations, which are distributed in 7 emergency regions: Center,

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, Metropolitan North, Metropolitan South,

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and

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. In recognition of the service and the work carried out, the body was awarded the

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on 11 September 2009.

Tasks

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

operations. * Perform rescue tasks in difficult access rivers and mountains. * Investigate and analyse the accidents under their

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. * Provide information and formative activities for the general public. * Act in service of public interest. * Other actions stipulated in the current legislation documents.

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* {{Official website, http://interior.gencat.cat/ca/arees_dactuacio/bombers/ 1980 establishments in Catalonia Fire departments Organisations based in Catalonia Government agencies established in 1980

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