French General Code of Local Authorities
In forceThe commander of the Marseille marine fire brigade has the Marseille fire and rescue services operational centre (COSSIM) at his disposal in order to ensure, in accordance with the provisions of article L732-5 of the Internal Security Code:
1° Receiving, handling calls and any redirection of requests for assistance;
2° Coordinating fire and rescue resources in the battalion's area of responsibility;
3° Coordinating with the Bouches-du-Rhône CODIS, under the conditions determined by the departmental operational regulations.
The operational centre of the battalion's fire and rescue services is interconnected with the call reception and regulation centre for units participating in the emergency medical assistance service, known as SAMU, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, as well as with the call reception facilities for the police services in this department.
For operations relating to the day-to-day management of emergency services, relations between the Marseille marine fire brigade, the Bouches-du-Rhône emergency medical service (SAMU) and the Bouches-du-Rhône departmental fire and emergency service are organised by means of agreements between the mayor of Marseille, the director general of Marseille hospitals, the chairman of the board of directors of the departmental fire and emergency service and the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône.
