Bombeiros Voluntários - Monchique, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member manchanegra
N 37° 19.188 W 008° 33.228
29S E 539534 N 4130443
Monchique fire department headquarters.
Waymark Code: WMDY1B
Location: Faro, Portugal
Date Posted: 03/08/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TeamSO
Views: 4

Monchique fire department headquarters.
Monchique Firemen Corporation (#0811) was founded in 03-08-1933 and is a volunteer corporation in the Serra de Monchique mountain range in the Algarve, Portugal.
Monchique region is a mountain area surrounded by forest where the probability of fires is very high specially during the hot summer months.
Monchique area has only around 6500 inhabitants but the operational area of this corporation goes up to 395.3 square Kilometers (almost 250 Sq miles).
There´s no plaque with the name of the corporation outside. Only the Eagle that traditionaly represents the firemen in Portugal.
Paid or Volunteer: Volunteer

EMS Involvement: yes

Has 911 Dispatch: yes

Has Emergency Siren: yes

Physical Address:
Bombeiros Voluntários de Monchique
Estrada Nacional 266 - 8550-426 Monchique
Monchique, Algarve Portugal
8550-426


Has Emergency Call Box: Not Listed

Has Fire Pole: Not Listed

Average Alarms Per Year: Not Listed

Number of Firetrucks: Not Listed

Related Website: Not listed

Number of Emergency Staff: Not Listed

Rating: Not listed

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