| Military Firefighters Corps | |
|---|---|
| Corpo de Bombeiros Militar | |
 | |
| Active | 1856 |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Branch | Military firefighters corps |
| Role | Fire fighting |
| Size | 50,000 active personnel[1] |
| Part of | Military Reserve Force of Brazilian Army |
| Nickname(s) | CBM |
| Patron | Emperor Pedro II |
| Anniversaries | July 2 |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Governors of the States |
| Ceremonial chief | General-Commander of each CBM |
In Brazil, the Military Firefighters Corps (Portuguese: Corpo de Bombeiros Militar) are military public security forces, responsible for civil defense, firefighting and search and rescue inside the federative units. Since 1915, it has been a military reserve force and an auxiliary force of the Brazilian Army, also composing the Single System of Public Security (Brazilian Portuguese: Sistema Único de Segurança Pública).[2][3] Members of the Military Firefighters Corps, such as the members of the Military Police, are designated as being part of the military of the Federative Units by the Federal Constitution.[4]
Each Federative Unit has its own Military Firefighters Corps with different structures, rules and uniforms.
- ^ Inspectorate General of Military Police (In Portuguese) Archived 2014-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Article 144 of Constitution of Brazil.
- ^ "L13675". www.planalto.gov.br. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ Constitutional Amendment 18, of February 5, 1998. (In Portuguese)