Editing Public Services (Monaco) (section)

===Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers===
[[File:Fourgon incendie Pompiers de Monaco.JPG|thumb|Fire appliance of the Monégasque firefighters]]
Describing itself as a military force,<ref>See the [http://www.pompiers.gouv.mc/321/wwwnew.nsf/1909!/x1Fr?OpenDocument&1Fr official website of the Corps des Sapeaurs-Pompiers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206010807/http://www.pompiers.gouv.mc/321/wwwnew.nsf/1909%21/x1Fr?OpenDocument&1Fr |date=6 December 2013 }} title pages.</ref> the Corps consists of 10 officers, 26 non-commissioned officers and 99 other ranks (with 25 civilian employees), providing fire, hazardous materials, rescue, and emergency medical services.<ref>See [http://www.pompiers.gouv.mc/321/wwwnew.nsf/1909$/11c26caa11ded1a6c12571a2004c3e23fr?OpenDocument&3Fr these pages] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025132454/http://www.pompiers.gouv.mc/321/wwwnew.nsf/1909$/11c26caa11ded1a6c12571a2004c3e23fr?OpenDocument&3Fr |date=25 October 2008 }} for personnel strength and rank structure.</ref> The officers' ranks (in descending order of seniority) are: Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, Commandant, Captain, Lieutenant, and Sub-Lieutenant. There are a further nine ranks of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Officers generally have served in the French military's fire service. Based at two barracks (one in [[La Condamine]] and one in [[Fontvieille, Monaco|Fontvieille]]), the Corps is equipped with fire engines, rescue vehicles and a range of specialist vehicles, including a fire boat and sealed tracked vehicles for entering Monaco's railway tunnels during an emergency.

Beyond fire-fighting duties, the Corps has an extensive civil defence brief. Its personnel are trained in the use of firearms, and the Corps has a central armoury. Personnel are trained to handle chemical incidents, and have specialist chemical incident vehicles and equipment. They are also equipped with ambulances and personnel have [[paramedic]] training.

[[File:Monaco-military-01.JPG|thumb|right|An enlisted soldier (left) and a commissioned officer (right) of the Prince's Carabiniers]]