Gassasinian Civil Defence Force

Gassasinian Civil Defence Force

Formation	1979
Type	Fire Brigade, Ambulance, Technical Rescue, Search and Rescue, Mountain Rescue, Emergency Management, Civil Defence
Location	Gassasinia
Budget	GSD $10 billion
Staff	~22,000
Volunteers	~5,000
Website	https://en.cdf.gov.ga

The Gassasinian Civil Defence Force is the primary state fire brigade, providing firefighting services across the nation, along with providing ambulance coverage, civil defence, search and rescue, technical rescue and air ambulance services. The Gassasinian Civil Defence Force is staffed through a mixture of volunteers, full-time employeers and retained firefighters.

Although the primary goal of the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force is stated to be firefighting, the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force has in more recent years has found itself increasingly responding more to medical emergencies, car accidents and rescue. Alongside local volunteer groups and the Emergency Medical Services Agency, the Civil Defence Force helps to provide emergency medical services to communities across the country by providing emergency care through its' own fleet of ambulances.

The Gassasinian Civil Defence Force is the responsibility of the Minister of Health and Public Welfare since 1990. Before 1990, the Minister of the Interior was responsible for the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force.

The Gassasinian Civil Defence Force was formed in 1979 shortly after the 1979 General Election from a merger of the Gassasinian Defence Force's Civil Defence Corps and municipal fire brigades. Although the Fire Brigade is a specific sub-unit of the Civil Defence Force, the Civil Defence Force is still often colloquially known as the Fire Brigade.

During Mass Casualty Incidents and other major incidents not involving an active terrorist threat - including the aftermath of any such terrorist attack - Civil Defence leadership is responsible for planning and organising rescue and clean-up efforts.

History

The Gassasinian Civil Defence Force was formed in 1979 after the bombing of an election centre in a poor Muslim slum of Jabiyah by a far-right terrorist group determined to scare away potential left-wingers from voting, and the subsequent fire which in total resulted when the explosion sparked a gas-pipe, causing the deaths of 79, injured hundreds more, and displaced upwards of one or two thousand more. It was decided that deaths could have been prevented with better organisation and if the Jabiyah Fire Brigade had been able to access the resources of neighbouring municipal fire brigades more easily. As such, it was decided that Gassasinia's fire brigades would be amalgamated into the Civil Defence Force.

After Gassasinia's first free elections in 1979, the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force was formed by a merger of the Gassasinian Defence Force Civil Defence Corps and Coastal Rescue Unit, and local municipal and county fire brigades.

During the period of economic recovery and growth during the 1980's and 1990's, the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force expanded and modernised it's equipment, training and techniques. Notably, the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force was called out in force in 1999 after a major accident at St. George Underground Station when an over-crowded underground train's brakes failed and collided with the rear-end of another train that was departing passengers at St George Station, killing almost a hundred and injuring twice as many.

Vehicles

A fire engine of the Civil Defence Force.

Livery generally depends on local fire brigades (which are organised on the municipal level). The most common colouration schemes are orange and blue, and red and white. Some municipal fire brigades have made the switch to utilising Battenburg markings to maximise visibility.

Most Gassasinian fire engines are built on lorry and truck chassis of Thuadian vehicles - particularly those manufactured in Bakyern.

A visual representation of the standard livery for a Fire Brigade Type-B ambulance.

All fire apparatuses and ambulances are fitted with red and/or blue emergency lighting. All fire engines are equipped with a standard electronic siren with wail, yelp, hi-lo and power-call tones, along with a two-tone pneumatic airhorn siren.

Uniforms

Standard "Class B" uniforms for the Gassasinian Civil Defence Force consist of dark navy blue short-sleeve shirt, tucked into a similarly coloured pair of cargo trousers with a webbing-type belt, along with a yellow fire-fighter Metro-style helmet. When attending fires, fire-fighters will usually don mustard yellow bunker gear with lime and silver reflective stripes, which is worn with a similarly-coloured jet-style firefighter helmet.

Ambulancemen will generally don a reflective amber vest which carries a variety of equipment such as gauzes, medical, trauma shears, and other handy equipment.

Structure

• Central Headquarters
  • Provincial Division
    • Municipal Fire Brigade
      • Auxiliary Fire Brigade
    • Special Response Teams
      • Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Services
      • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
      • Maritime Rescue
      • Technical Rescue
    • Mountain Rescue
    • Airport Fire Brigades
    • Flying Service

Ranks

• Firefighter / Firefighter-Paramedic / Rescuer
• Leading Firefighter / Leading Firefighter-Paramedic / Leading Rescuer
• Sub-Officer
• Station Officer
• Station Commander
• Brigade Commander
• Provincial Officer
• Provincial Commander
• Deputy Commissioner
• Commissioner