Fire Seneschalcy of Burgundie

The Fire Seneschalcy of Burgundie is the unit of the Army of Burgundie that exercises the following coordinating authority in Burgundian territory:

• multi-jurisdictional fires

Senechaussie dev Burgundie
Active	1826–present
Country	Burgundie
Branch	AoB
Type	Firemen
Size	16,500
Patron	Saint Florien
Red & black
Commanders
Divisio General	Jauffre-Claude Eric de Beluelle
Colonel-in Chief	Pasqual I
Insignia
Unit insignia

• multi-jurisdictional fire responses

• fire safety and preparedness

• fire safety inspections of government buildings

• fire fighting for "critical infrastructure" and military bases

The administration of these tasks is divided into prefectures that align with the Prefectures of Police and Emergency Management. As civil servants, the seneschals report to the Fire Serjeant-at-arms (Burg: Sergent d’arme) who in turn reports to the Minister of the Interior. However, since the Seneschalcy oversees emergency response operations they also report to the Chief of Staff of the Security Forces. Historically, since the firefighting capability was part of the purview of the provincial militia all firefighters, including the officers of the Seneschalcy, are trained as combat engineers and must maintain an annual quota training as a debt of honor. While there training is less frequent than even reserve training requirements, all fire departments can be seconded to the Army of Burgundie in the event of an invasion, as combat ready engineer squadrons.

The office and dignity of the Fire Seneschalcy were created in 1826, during the Northern Levantine Mediatization War, to unify command of firehouses (civil administrator) and the Provincial Militia (Colonel). The Seneschalcy was originally created when fire departments were not common and civilians and the militias were tasked with fighting fires. In the latter part of the 19th-century insurance companies created firehouses and the fire prefects were tasked with regulating street brawls between rival companies. After the formalization of municipal and sovereign fire departments, the seneschals took on a coordination role, primarily for mutual aid and trans-jurisdictional dispatching.

Each prefect has a Fire Seneschal who oversees coordination and inspecting but does not have the authority to command individual departments or companies. These Seneschals generally have a staff of three, each one manning an 8-hour shift at the Prefecture Watch Center with their Police and Emergency Management counterpart, while the Seneschal works during the day to conduct inspections.

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Organisation
  • 2.1 Training Group
• 3 See also

History

Army of Burgundie

History Military history of Burgundie Standard of the Army of Burgundie CoA of the Army of Burgundie Components Tropes della Metropol (Mainland Troops) Legio Estrangers (Foreign Legion) Guardia della Llar (Household Guard) Leadership Chief of Staff of the Burgundian Army Equipment Modern Equipment Personnel List of current regiments Ranks in the Burgundian Army Awards tbd Components and Commands Structure of the Burgundian Army Army Commands Forces Training and Doctrine Materiel Service components Audonia Crona Kiro-Borealis Levantine Levantine Union Punth Sarpedon Special Operations Surface Deployment and Distribution Space and Missile Defense Cyber Command Direct reporting units Medical Intelligence and Security Criminal Investigation Corps of Engineers Military District of the Capital Test and Evaluation Military Academy Reserve Acquisition Management Installation Management Field Armies First Second Foreign Branches Acquisition Corps Adjutant General's Corps Air Defense Artillery Branch Armor Branch Aviation Branch Army Band Coastal Defense Artillery Chaplain Corps Chemical Corps Civil Affairs Corps Corps of Engineers Dental Corps Field Artillery Corps Finance Corps Infantry Branch Inspector General's Corps Judge Advocate General's Corps Logistics Branch Medical Corps Medical Service Corps Medical Specialist Corps Military Intelligence Corps Military Police Corps/Provost Gendarmerie Nurse Corps Ordnance Corps Psychological Operations Quartermaster Corps Fire Seneschalcy Signal Corps Special Forces Transportation Corps Veterinary Corps Bases and Installations Joint Base Davidus, Levantine Command, Pumbria Joint Base Ayermer, Ayermer Joint Base Cin Novilla, Novilla Joint Base Faramount, Central and High Command, Faramount Joint Base Cronata, Cronan Command, Flordeterra Joint Base Punth, Punthite Command, Nova Levantia Joint Base Meriammajori, Levantine Ocean Command, Levantx

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Organisation

The division is commanded by a Divisional General as part of the Army of Burgundie's engineering arm. The division commander directly controls the Information and Public Relations Bureau, and who is assisted a Colonel-Adjutant, a General Council called a Cabinet and a Chief of Staff who controls the following Bureaus:

• General Studies Bureau
• Financial Programs and Budget Bureau

and three Assistant Chiefs of Staff:

• Assistant Chief for Employment
  • Operations Bureau
  • Formation and Instruction Bureau
  • Prevention Bureau
• Assistant Chief for Logistics
  • Techniques Service
  • Infrastructure Service
  • Administrative Service
  • Telecommunications and Information Service
• Assistant Chief for Human Resources
  • Human resources Bureau
  • Personnel Welfare Bureau
• Chief Doctor
  • Emergency medical service
  • Chief of the Health Service

Operational staff are divided into six geographic regiments (Burg: Coronelon}, as well as a training group and a services group. The geographic groups are:

• First Firefighting Engineer Regiment – Isle of Burgundie
• Second Firefighting Engineer Regiment – Ultmar
• Third Firefighting Engineer Regiment – Flordeterra
• Fourth Firefighting Engineer Regiment – Burgundian Dericania
• Fifth Firefighting Engineer Regiment – Levantine Ocean Territories
• Sixth Firefighting Engineer Regiment – Southern Hemispheric Territories

Each of the geographic regiment consists of 6 fire battalions (Burgundian language: Battalon) and a few special companies (Burgundian language: centarmes) that are not part of a battalion (including ambulance units). Each battalion consists of 5 companies, which in turn consist of 2-4 fire stations.

Training Group

The Training Group provides education and training to all Seneschal firefighters. It consists of the following:

• Group Staff
• EMS
• Center for Formation and Cadres
• Center for the Instruction of Recruits
  • Basic Training Company
  • Auto School, driving and repairs
• Support Company

See also

Local fire departments are called Burgoignesc Gentlemen Firemen's Clubs (Burg: Societates des Pompiers Cavaliers Burgoignesc), stemming from the tradition of gens des mejans forming posh social clubs that would gather to fight fires and then celebrate with a real smash up of a drinking party. Typically paid for by the fire insurance company in lieu of the community paying for a full time fire department.