Bombeiros Voluntários da Pampilhosa da Serra

Founded in 1969, Bombeiros Voluntários da Pampilhosa da Serra is a non-profit association based in Pampilhosa da Serra, Portugal working on humanitarian aid & disaster relief, community development.

The Bombeiros Voluntários da Pampilhosa da Serra are a volunteer fire and rescue corporation run by the Associação Humanitária de Bombeiros Voluntários de Pampilhosa da Serra. The corporation is an operational unit classified as CB1, organised to rescue injured and sick people and to protect the lives and property of residents of the municipality of Pampilhosa da Serra, in the Coimbra district of Portugal. It provides a permanent 24-hour service and takes part in civil protection, forest fire response and emergency training. Its activities include joint emergency exercises with municipal, national and civil protection bodies, such as a full-scale exercise at the Pampilhosa da Serra heliport testing an emergency plan for an aircraft accident. The association also runs courses for firefighting and rescue personnel, including Sapadores and Guias de Ataque courses.