Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco

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• Corpo Nazionale dei Vigili del Fuoco
• National Fire Corps
• Comando Provinciale di Pisa
• Pisa Province Fire Command
• Ing. Giuseppe Romano Provincial Fire
  Commandergiuseppe.romano_at_vigilfuoco.it

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CORPO NAZIONALE VIGILI DEL FUOCOItalian National
Fire Corps

• The Italian National Fire Corps belongs to the
  Ministry of Interior, Department of Fire and
  Rescue Services and Civil Defense.
• A Nationwide organization with more than 30.000
  professionals probably the largest professional
  Fire and Rescue Organization in the World
• More than 1.500 Senior Technical Officers with a
  degree in Engineering, Architecture, Geology or a
  High School Technical Diploma in Industrial
  Processes or Building Constructions.
• The Department of Fire and Rescue Services and
  Civil Defense has 1 Central Directorate in Rome
  and 16 Regional Directorates. The fire and rescue
  services are provided by the 101 Provincial
  Departments with more fire stations.
• There is a complete interoperability between each
  Provincial Department since they are part of the
  same Organization with same standards, same
  training, same communication systems, same
  equipment.
• The Vv.F. has the charge for the ARFF and the
  port fire service too.

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International cooperation

• Airplane incident AZZORRE
• Flood TUNISIA
• Earthquake MEXICO
• Earthquake ARMENIA
• Earthquake HOLLAND
• Earthquake GREECE
• Earthquake ALGERIA
• Earthquake CAMERUN
• Earthquake SALVADOR
• Nuclear power plant CHERNOBYL
• Earthquake TURKEY
• Humanitarian Emergency ALBANIA
• Chemical pollution KOSOVO
• Earthquake IRAN
• Tsunami SRI LANKA
• Flood GEORGIA (Europe)
• Chemical fire LYBIA
• Forest Fires FRANCE

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Our job

• As well as all people, we hope to not have
  emergencies and we trust strongly in prevention
  with codes, standards, training, lay out, etc.
• But our job ask us to be always ready, to have
  procedures and plans good and up to dated
• We know that fail to plan is plan to fail
• We wont lost any occasion to have success,
  because our goal is saving lives
• Your job is in our wish
• Good luck and

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Thank you very much for your kind participation!