Bombeiros Voluntários de Matosinhos Leça

Founded in 1873, Bombeiros Voluntários de Matosinhos Leça is a non-profit association based in Leça da Palmeira, Portugal working on humanitarian aid & disaster relief, health.

A volunteer fire brigade and humanitarian association based in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, Portugal. It provides firefighting, emergency and rescue services to the local community, including land and animal rescue, fire prevention and road accident response. Its training department delivers accredited first aid and emergency courses to companies and individuals, and it runs a museum open to visitors. The association traces its origins to a humanitarian commission founded in 1852 and became independent in 1873, and it has been recognised as a public utility body since 1927.