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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="nickname">Corpo dei vigili del fuoco dello Stato della Città del Vaticano</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vigili_del_fuoco_vaticano_shield.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Vigili_del_fuoco_vaticano_shield.JPG/140px-Vigili_del_fuoco_vaticano_shield.JPG" decoding="async" width="140" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Vigili_del_fuoco_vaticano_shield.JPG/210px-Vigili_del_fuoco_vaticano_shield.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Vigili_del_fuoco_vaticano_shield.JPG/280px-Vigili_del_fuoco_vaticano_shield.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2015" data-file-height="1589" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #B60000; color: white;">Operational area</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282023%E2%80%93present%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Supporting</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data">Courtyard of the Belvedere<br />00120 Vatican City</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #B60000; color: white;">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1941</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">37</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Commissioner" title="Commissioner">Commissioner</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gianluca_Gauzzi_Broccoletti" title="Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti">Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_chief" title="Fire chief">Fire chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Paolo de Angelis</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #B60000; color: white;">Facilities and equipment</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_station" title="Fire station">Stations</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1 (Belvedere Courtyard)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_engine" title="Fire engine">Engines</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_truck" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire truck">Trucks</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_rescue_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy rescue vehicle">Rescues</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Water_tender" title="Water tender">Tenders</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2 (tow truck, jeep)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #B60000; color: white;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/servizi/direzione-dei-servizi-di-sicurezza-e-protezione-civile/corpo-dei-vigili-del-fuoco.html">Vatican Fire Brigade</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fire_station_Vatican_12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Fire_station_Vatican_12.jpg/220px-Fire_station_Vatican_12.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Fire_station_Vatican_12.jpg/330px-Fire_station_Vatican_12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Fire_station_Vatican_12.jpg/440px-Fire_station_Vatican_12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3150" data-file-height="2119" /></a><figcaption>Vatican Fire Brigade headquarters at Belvedere Courtyard, Vatican City with some equipment</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: <i lang="it">Corpo dei vigili del fuoco dello Stato della Città del Vaticano</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Fire_brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="Fire brigade">fire brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatican City State">Vatican City State</a>. It was founded in its present form by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII" title="Pope Pius XII">Pope Pius XII</a> in 1941, although its origins are much older. </p><p>The patron saints of the Corps are <a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_IV" title="Pope Leo IV">Pope Leo IV</a>, to whom tradition attributes the miraculous extinction of a fire in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Borgo_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Borgo district (page does not exist)">Borgo district</a> (event represented by Raphael's fresco of the Fire in the Borgo) and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Barbara" title="Saint Barbara">Saint Barbara</a>, also the patron saint of firefighters in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. The anniversary of the celebration of the Corps is on 4 December. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From at least 1820, the military corps of the Papal States included a uniformed and armed fire fighting service, the Guardie dei Fuoco, whose elaborate uniforms are represented in pictures of the era preserved in the Vatican archives. Although officially part of the armed forces, by the early twentieth century they had become solely engaged in fire fighting and civil defence. </p><p>In 1941 Pope Pius XII refounded the service as the Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State. It initially consisted of 10 sections trained at firefighting schools in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>. The Corps was entrusted with the protection of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saint_Anthony%27s_Abbot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saint Anthony's Abbot (page does not exist)">Saint Anthony's Abbot</a> and was seated in the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Palace" title="Apostolic Palace">Apostolic Palace</a>, with entry from the courtyard of the Belvedere, where it is still today. </p><p>In 2002, following a reform carried out by <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a>, the body moved from the dependencies of the Directorate of Technical Services of the Governorate to the Directorate of Civil Protection and Security Services, which also covers the <a href="/wiki/Corps_of_Gendarmerie_of_Vatican_City" title="Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City">Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Corps maintains a small museum of Vatican firefighting history within its headquarters at Belvedere Courtyard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_control">Political control</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Politically, the Vatican fire brigade has been under the control of the Directorate for Security Services and Civil Defence, since this body was legally established on 16 July 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Directorate is a division of the Governorate of Vatican City State.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Directorate for Security Services and Civil Defence is responsible not only for the Vatican fire brigade, but also for the <a href="/wiki/Corps_of_Gendarmerie_of_Vatican_City" title="Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City">Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City</a>, and for liaison with the Pontifical <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a>, the military force of the Holy See. As with all Vatican City State forces, the Pope is the head of state and chief commander of the Corps, and takes a direct interest in its operation.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duties_and_operations">Duties and operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Duties and operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iveco_Daily_fire_engine_of_the_Vatican_Fire_station-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Iveco_Daily_fire_engine_of_the_Vatican_Fire_station-2.jpg/220px-Iveco_Daily_fire_engine_of_the_Vatican_Fire_station-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Iveco_Daily_fire_engine_of_the_Vatican_Fire_station-2.jpg/330px-Iveco_Daily_fire_engine_of_the_Vatican_Fire_station-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Iveco_Daily_fire_engine_of_the_Vatican_Fire_station-2.jpg/440px-Iveco_Daily_fire_engine_of_the_Vatican_Fire_station-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Falcon 1000 fire appliance in Vatican City.</figcaption></figure> <p>Fire Brigade Headquarters is located at <a href="/wiki/Belvedere_Courtyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Belvedere Courtyard">Belvedere Courtyard</a>, a central location within the Vatican City State. Belvedere Courtyard is also the only operational <a href="/wiki/Fire_station" title="Fire station">fire station</a> of the Corps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fire,_rescue,_and_civil_defence"><span id="Fire.2C_rescue.2C_and_civil_defence"></span>Fire, rescue, and civil defence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Fire, rescue, and civil defence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the small size of the Vatican City makes dangerous fires a rare occurrence, the Corps is turned out, on average, more than once every day, to respond to demands for their varied skills in relation to <a href="/wiki/First_aid" title="First aid">first aid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil defence">civil defence</a>, rescue, <a href="/wiki/Flood_control" class="mw-redirect" title="Flood control">flood control</a>, or simply the movement of vehicles, or provision of lifting or moving equipment. </p><p>The Corp's duties include the installation and maintenance of fire alarm systems and fire fighting equipment throughout the State, and also in some extra-territorial locations of the Vatican City State in Rome.<sup id="cite_ref-Corpo_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corpo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the most common rescues is the recovery of tourists who have become unwell or disorientated whilst climbing into the 450-foot-high dome of St Peter's Basilica.<sup id="cite_ref-Reports_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reports-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Sunday 1 September 2019 Pope Francis, who is the Vatican Fire Brigade's commander-in-chief, became stuck in a failed lift (internal elevator) on his way to give his weekly audience to the crowd in St Peter's Square. He was rescued by the on-duty squad of the Corps of Firefighters, and began his address by asking the assembled crowd to join him in a round of applause for the Vatican Firefighters.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ceremonial">Ceremonial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ceremonial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Corps also has some more unusual duties, including responsibility for the erection and safe operation of the famous chimney over the <a href="/wiki/Sistine_Chapel" title="Sistine Chapel">Sistine Chapel</a> through which black or white smoke indicates (respectively) the non-election or election of a new pope during a <a href="/wiki/Papal_conclave" title="Papal conclave">papal conclave</a>. The ceremony (involving the burning of the used ballot papers from the Conclave's voting process) is watched by millions of people, in person and via news media. </p><p>The Corps also has a minor ceremonial role within the state, and uniformed firefighters form <a href="/wiki/Guard_of_honour" title="Guard of honour">guards of honour</a> for certain formal receptions, and arrivals of guests of honour, as well as marching (with attachments of the Vatican Gendarmerie and of the Swiss Guard) in ceremonial parades on festal occasions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Heliport">Heliport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Heliport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Corps of Firefighters also provides specialist heliport fire services at the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City_Heliport" title="Vatican City Heliport">Vatican City Heliport</a>. Members of the Corps are on duty at the heliport whenever an aircraft lands or takes off.<sup id="cite_ref-Corpo_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corpo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 <a href="/wiki/MAN_Truck_%26_Bus" title="MAN Truck & Bus">MAN Truck & Bus</a> donated a brand new <a href="/wiki/MAN_TGE" class="mw-redirect" title="MAN TGE">MAN TGE 6.180</a> heliport tender with water cannon (capable of delivering a jet of either water or foam) for use as the principal heliport fire appliance. The vehicle was blessed by Pope Francis before entering service.<sup id="cite_ref-MAN_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAN-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Staffing">Staffing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Staffing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operational_numbers">Operational numbers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Operational numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1941 the Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State consisted of just 10 firemen. The modern service has expanded considerably, with a current deployment of 37 firefighters.<sup id="cite_ref-Reports_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reports-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They work in a rotating shift pattern, with three eight-hour shifts in each day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recruitment">Recruitment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Recruitment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All new recruits are required to be male, unmarried and celibate, no older than 25, and practicing Catholics.<sup id="cite_ref-Corpo_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corpo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reports_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reports-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All applications to join the Corps must be accompanied by a certificate of celibate life and Catholic practice, signed by a Catholic parish priest.<sup id="cite_ref-Corpo_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corpo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Newly recruited staff receive initial training with the <a href="/wiki/Vigili_del_Fuoco" title="Vigili del Fuoco">Italian fire service</a>, at its "<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Scuola di Formazione di Base dei Vigili del Fuoco</i></span>" (basic training school) in Rome, before deploying in the Vatican.<sup id="cite_ref-Corpo_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corpo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In-service training is carried out internally by the Corps of Firefighters of Vatican City. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ranks">Ranks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ranks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fire cover is provided 24 hours per day, with a squad always on duty, on a rota basis. Several "<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Vigile del fuoco</i></span>" (firefighters) form a squad, under the supervision of a "<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Capo Squadra di seconda classe</i></span>" (deputy team leader) and a "<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Capo Squadra di prima classe</i></span>" (team leader). Management of the Corps is provided by a small team of senior officers, led by an "<span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Ufficiale Coordinatore</i></span>" (coordinating officer). The current <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Ufficiale Coordinatore</i></span> is Paolo de Angelis. </p> <table style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px; width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC; width: 100%"> <th colspan="1" style="background:#940000; color: white;"> </th> <th colspan="1" style="background:#940000; color: white;">Chief officers </th> <th colspan="1" style="background:#940000; color: white;">Officers </th> <th colspan="2" style="background:#940000; color: white;">SNCOs </th> <th colspan="1" style="background:#940000; color: white;">NCOs </th> <th colspan="1" style="background:#940000; color: white;">Firefighters </th> <th colspan="1" style="background:#940000; color: white;">Students </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vigili_del_fuoco_vaticano_shield.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img 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</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Primo Dirigente coordinatore</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Capo squadra esperto</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Capo Squadra di prima classe</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Capo Squadra di seconda classe</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Vigile del fuoco prima classe</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Vigile del fuoco seconda classe</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it">Allievo vigile del fuoco</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Corps of Firefighters of the Vatican City State is a modern and well-equipped national fire brigade, whose members wear protective fire-fighting uniform and helmets. They are equipped to deal with a range of fire-fighting, rescue, first aid, and civil defence scenarios. Their key equipment is a fleet of emergency vehicles, as below. All fire appliances (apart from the aerial hydraulic platform) utilise vehicle types capable of negotiating narrow streets and locations with cramped or difficult access. The principal fire tender (an Iveco Daily Magirus) and rescue tender (a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter) have specially narrow bodies to facilitate access.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vigili_del_Fuoco_(Vatican)_-_fleet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Vigili_del_Fuoco_%28Vatican%29_-_fleet.jpg/220px-Vigili_del_Fuoco_%28Vatican%29_-_fleet.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Vigili_del_Fuoco_%28Vatican%29_-_fleet.jpg/330px-Vigili_del_Fuoco_%28Vatican%29_-_fleet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Vigili_del_Fuoco_%28Vatican%29_-_fleet.jpg/440px-Vigili_del_Fuoco_%28Vatican%29_-_fleet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3053" data-file-height="1359" /></a><figcaption>Most of the Vatican fire appliances on display (only the aerial platform is absent).</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Front_line_emergency_appliances">Front line emergency appliances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Front line emergency appliances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iveco_Daily" title="Iveco Daily">Iveco Daily</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Magirus" title="Magirus">Magirus</a></i> Falcon 1000 fire tender</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Econic" title="Mercedes-Benz Econic">Mercedes-Benz Econic</a> aerial hydraulic platform tender</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Sprinter" title="Mercedes-Benz Sprinter">Mercedes-Benz Sprinter</a> rescue tender</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_Rover_110" class="mw-redirect" title="Land Rover 110">Land Rover 110</a> 4-wheel drive fire tender</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MAN_Truck_%26_Bus" title="MAN Truck & Bus">MAN</a> water cannon <a href="/wiki/MAN_TGE" class="mw-redirect" title="MAN TGE">TGE 6.180</a> heliport tender</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Support_vehicles">Support vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Support vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Iveco Daily <a href="/wiki/Recovery_truck" class="mw-redirect" title="Recovery truck">recovery truck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeep" title="Jeep">Jeep</a> personnel carrier</li> <li>Two <a href="/wiki/Ford_Focus" title="Ford Focus">Ford Focus</a> liveried general purpose cars</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic_vehicles">Historic vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Historic vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fiat_Campagnola" title="Fiat Campagnola">Fiat Campagnola</a> general purpose appliance (still technically in service)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Vatican_City-related_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Index of Vatican City-related articles">Index of Vatican City-related articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corps_of_Gendarmerie_of_Vatican_City" title="Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City">Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Guard" title="Swiss Guard">Swiss Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fire_departments" title="List of fire departments">List of fire departments</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corps_of_Firefighters_of_the_Vatican_City_State&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/documents/AAS-94-2002-ocr.pdf">AAS, Suppl. 73 (2002), n. 9, pp. 33-49</a>, art.13 (pag. 884), 16 July 2002</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Law n. 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