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Fire Services Bureau

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Fire Services Bureau
Phòng cháy cục
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
ChinesePhòng cháy cục
Portuguese name
PortugueseCorpo de Bombeiros

TheFire Services Bureau[1](Chinese:Phòng cháy cục;[2]Portuguese:Corpo de Bombeiros,[a][3]CB) is responsible for fire and rescue services inMacau.Volunteer fire brigades in Macau dates back to 1851 and full-time department in 1883. Prior to 1851, thePortuguesemilitary provided fire services in the colony. In 1999, the CB became a fully civilian agency. Today the department is organized under theMacau 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 theMacau Red Crossalso operates ambulances (Toyota HiAcevans) 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

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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:

  • Station 1 – Central at Estrada de Coelho do Amaral (Now fire museum)
  • Station 2 – Avenida Almirante Sérgio
  • Station 3 – Avenida Horta e Costa

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

Mainland

  • Lago Sai Van(Avenida Dr. Stanley Ho) – modern five-storey building housing fire and ambulance operations; located next toSai Van Lake;completed 2006 and home to fire services headquarters
  • Areia Preta(bounded by Dr. Francisco Vieira Machado Do and Marginal da Areia Preta, Estrada Nordeste, Avenida Do and Nova Da Areia Preta Rua) – second station on mainland and designed by architect Manuel Vicente (1992–1996)

Taipa

  • Taipa(Rua Siu Kuan, Rua Nam Keng) – fire and ambulance depot; fire training tower on the north end of Taipa
  • Airport Division– two stations at the airport with one main depot (along runway) and one sub-depot (next to north end of terminal)
Macau Airport fire sub-station behind aircraft

Coloane

  • (Estrada do Alto de Coloane and Estrada do Dique Oeste) – fire services depot

Cotai

  • (Rua Campo) – fire operations station constructed 2009–2010

Hengqin

  • Hengqin Fire Station - newest fire station opened in 2013 as temporary site and fully in 2015.[5]This location is within UM campus grounds and not to be mistaken for the Hengqin Fire Station in Zhuhai.

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

Commissioners

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  • Loi Kam Wan – Commissioner Macau Fire Service
    • Eurico Lopes Fazenda – Deputy Commissioner Macau Fire Service
    • Lei Pun Chi – Deputy Commissioner Macau Fire Service

Rank

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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 ( cao cấp chức trình; Carreiras Superiores)

  • Chief major (Phòng cháy tổng giám;Chefe-mor)
  • Adjunct chief major (Phó phòng cháy tổng giám;Chefe-mor adjunto)
  • Principal chief (Phòng cháy tổng trưởng;Chefe principal)
  • Adjunct chief (Phó phòng cháy tổng trưởng;Chefe-ajundante)
  • First class chief (Nhất đẳng phòng cháy khu trường;Chefe de primeira)
  • Assistant chief (Phó nhất đẳng phòng cháy khu trường;Chefe assistante)

Basic Career ( cơ sở chức trình; Carreira de Base)

  • Chief (Phòng cháy khu trường;Chefe)
  • Officer Candidate ( chuẩn phòng cháy quan; Aspirante a oficial)
  • Deputy chief (Phó phòng cháy khu trường;Subchefe) This Rank is utilised when a Firefighter is in the Officer Formation Course.
  • Chief firefighter (Thủ tịch phòng cháy viênBombeiro principal)
  • First class firefighter (Nhất đẳng phòng cháy viên;Bombeiro de primeira)
  • Firefighter (Phòng cháy viên;Bombeiro)

Fleet

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Land vehicles

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Fire engine
Ambulance

Boats

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Air Support

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Sky Shuttle Helicopterscan 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

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

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

  • Pacific F3D fire helmet – fire crews
  • F1 Gallet fire helmet – fire crews

Firefighters wear yellow helmets, while senior officers use blue.

  • Nomex protection hood

Ambulance officers use chartreuse safety helmet with visor.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^MeaningFire Departmentin the literal translation.

References

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  1. ^"Fire Services Bureau".Macao SAR Government Portal.Retrieved2020-09-13.
  2. ^Phòng cháy cục.Đặc khu hành chính Macao chính phủ nhập khẩu trang web[Macao SAR Government Portal] (in Simplified Chinese).Retrieved2020-09-13.
  3. ^"Corpo de Bombeiros".Portal do Governo da RAE de Macau[Macao SAR Government Portal] (in Portuguese).Retrieved2020-09-13.
  4. ^"Ambulance".Macau Red Cross.Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-03.Retrieved2014-12-29.
  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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