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Puerto Rico Fire Bureau

Prevents and fights fires and performs rescue and inspection work related to fire safety.

Arts. 2.01, 2.04, 2.06 ↗ · Sources consulted:

Puerto Rico Fire Bureau · Negociado del Cuerpo de Bomberos de Puerto Rico · NCBPR

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Spanish legal name: Negociado del Cuerpo de Bomberos de Puerto Rico. Spanish legal names are retained. Some English names are functional translations.

Official websiteThe mapPractice
Government level
State-level
Branch or grouping
Executive
Type
Bureau
Sources consulted
Oct 18, 2026

What it does

  • Handles firefighting and protection of life and property within its remit.Arts. 2.01, 2.04 ↗ · Sources consulted:
  • Conducts inspections and preventive fire-safety work under its statutory powers.Arts. 2.04(r), 2.06 ↗ · Sources consulted:
  • Investigates fire causes and origins and participates in rescue and prevention work.Art. 2.04 ↗ · Sources consulted:

In everyday life

A business seeking information about preventive fire inspections contacts the Fire Bureau. This differs from an operational fire response and from an ambulance request.Arts. 2.04, 2.06 ↗ · Sources consulted:

Safety & justice ↗

How to distinguish it from other institutions

Emergency call handling belongs to the 9-1-1 system; specialized firefighting response belongs to the Fire Bureau.Arts. 2.01, 3.01 ↗ · Sources consulted:

Prehospital medical care is a separate Emergency Medical Services Bureau responsibility, although both bureaus may respond to the same incident.Arts. 2.01, 5.01 ↗ · Sources consulted:

Official services and information

Confirm requirements, forms, and schedules on the linked official portal.

Where it fits

Map groupings support navigation; they do not themselves establish reporting authority.

Legal basis

Act 20-2017, chapter 2, especially arts. 2.01, 2.02, 2.04, and 2.06, as amended. The bureau succeeds the former Fire Corps.Cap. 2; Art. 1.06(a) ↗ · Sources consulted:

The enabling reference is a reading aid. Consult applicable texts and amendments in official sources; directory cards can retain older references.

Leadership & appointments

Fire Bureau commissioner

The commissioner directs daily operations and is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Immediate administrative supervision belongs to the Secretary of Public Safety.Art. 2.02 ↗ · Sources consulted:

A name is not published without current verification of the role.

Appointment
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Confirmation
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Term end
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An absent name does not imply a vacancy. Names from the seed report are not automatically treated as current officeholders.

Governance & composition

The law provides for a commissioner under the Secretary of Public Safety’s supervision rather than a corporate governing board. Statutory coordination committees serve different purposes.Arts. 1.06, 2.02 ↗ · Sources consulted:

Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026

Sources & method

The consultation date is not the institution’s own update date.

  1. Negociado de Bomberos de Puerto Rico ↗https://www.dsp.pr.gov/negociados/negociado-de-bomberos-de-puerto-ricoSources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
  2. PR.gov — Negociado del Cuerpo de Bomberos de Puerto Rico ↗https://pr.gov/directorio-de-agencias/cuerpo-de-bomberos-de-puerto-rico-dSources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
  3. Ley 20-2017 — Departamento de Seguridad Pública (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/20-2017.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Jul 17, 2026
  4. Negociado del Cuerpo de Bomberos — portal oficial ↗https://www.bomberos.pr.gov/Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026
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