Chaussée-d'Antin in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
La Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers
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The Fire Brigade
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, August 23, 2023
1. La Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers / The Fire Brigade Marker
Au cours de la soirée se déclarait un violent incendie à la suite duquel l’Empereur décida par décret du 18 septembre 1811 la réorganisation du corps des pompiers en un bataillon militaire
La brigade de Sapeurs-pompiers de Paris en est aujourd’hui l’héritière
Here on July 1, 1810, the Prince of Schwartzenburg, Ambassador of Austria, gave a ball in honor of the marriage of Napoleon I to Marie-Louise of Habsburg-Lorraine.
During the evening a violent fire broke out following which the Emperor decided by decree of September 18, 1811 to reorganize the fire brigade into a military battalion.
The Paris Fire Brigade is today its descendant.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Military. A significant historical date for this entry is September 18, 1811.
Location. 48° 52.397′ N, 2° 20.01′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Chaussée-d'Antin.
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Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony and also the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Le General Foy: Maximilien Sébastien Foy (about 210 meters away, measured in a direct line); Pierre Dejean (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Honoré D’Estienne d’Orves (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Notre-Dame de Lorette (approx. half a kilometer away); General José de San Martin (approx. half a kilometer away); François-Joseph Talma (approx. half a kilometer away); Hôtels des Mlle. Mars et Mlle. Duchesnois (approx. half a kilometer away); Le Golf Drouot (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . Paris Fire Brigade.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, August 23, 2023
2. La Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers / The Fire Brigade Marker - wide view
Excerpts: The Paris Fire Brigade (French: Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris, BSPP) is a French Army unit which serves as the primary fire and rescue service for Paris, the city's inner suburbs and certain sites of national strategic importance.(Submitted on October 14, 2023.)
The brigade is one of two fire services in France that is part of the armed forces, with the other being the Marseille Naval Fire Battalion (BMPM). It is a unit of the French Army's Engineering Arm (l'arme du génie) and the firefighters are therefore sappers (sapeurs, thus sapeurs-pompiers). With 8,550 firefighters, it is the largest fire service in Europe and the third largest urban fire service in the world, after the Tokyo Fire Department and New York City Fire Department. Its motto is "Save or Perish" (French "Sauver ou périr").
Founded in 1793 as the Corps des gardes-pompes de la ville de Paris and following the 23-hour Austrian Embassy Fire in 1810 became a military organisation by imperial decree of Emperor Napoléon. On 18 September 1811, it became the Bataillon de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris and was expanded to the Régiment de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris in 1867. During the Franco-Prussian War and World War I the sapeurs-pompiers were mobilised for military service, while continuing to fulfill their firefighting responsibilities.
On 1 March 1967 it became the Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 553 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 13, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
