The H. CUERPO DE BOMBEROS VOLUNTARIOS DE EL CENTENARIO is a registered non-profit civil association Registrado Clave Única del Documento (CUD) [A202412051922236831] that is regulated by the Statutes of the Constitutive Act of A. C. According to the Civil Code of the state of B. C. S.
It gives us legal personality and allows it to enter into cooperation agreements with the authorities (fire brigade, civil protection, municipalities, private parties and corporations etc.) and other local and foreign civils or other entities that are involved in education, public safety, medical services, and the prevention and of fires, fire suppression and emergencies to support society.
tax number [RFC: ABV170529CV4] organization.
Large donations from USA will receive a 501c3 tax deduction.
We are made up of both Mexican Nationals and foreign residents of Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Our mission is to plan for and mitigate emergencies, prevent and suppress fires, train firefighters, paramedics, specialized rescue, industrial brigades, lifeguards and others. Work closely with and provide support to schools, work centers, federal, state, municipal government and private individuals and corporations, and whoever requests it.
sole purpose is to provide a better public safety environment not just in our community but the entire state of Baja California Sur.
MEMBERSHIP
We are composed of experienced professionals to include active and retired veteran firefighters, law enforcement, medics and paramedics, aircraft firefighting, specialist personnel in civil protection, emergency management, disaster preparedness, fire prevention and firefighting, to mention a few besides the volunteers.
We are not a trade union of workers.
We do not have an inclination to any political party.
THE GOAL is to save lives, by filling the gaps in the government’s resources and actions and to provide lifesaving resources directly to the communities in need.
Our work in communities allows us to improve our response capacity and provide positive involvement in emergency situations.
We are currently in the process of finding resources to build a fire station in El Centenario, BCS.
We will be conducting education for our universities and primary education institutions.
We have a Junior Firefighter Program for firefighters who have been trained but have not reached the age of 18 years.
You can monitor our activities and success by visiting our FaceBook pages https://www.facebook.com/ElCentenarioBomberos
and on X at https://x.com/HCBVEC_Bomberos
our website at https://ecbomberos.com .
You can also volunteer your time with us to see our programming up close and personal.
ACTIVITY
Our community of El Centenario is 1,000 miles south of the US border at Tijuana. El Centenario has a population of 7,000 plus people, and we are located 13 km from the City of La Paz fire station.
We provide volunteer fire protection and emergency medical services to the Sector 6 area which has a population of 13,000 people. La Paz firefighters provide a great service but by the time it takes to get to El Centenario impacts the outcome of the emergency. This is why we are providing fire and EMS service in our community. Ambulances can take as long as 45 minutes to arrive. We are the only ambulance service that is based in Sector 6, El Centenario.
There are only three (3) city fire stations that the City of La Paz operates, and HCBVEC one (1) station in the La Paz Sector 6 area protecting nearly 300,000 population.
The City of La Paz has three(3) tax funded and supported stations and ours, a volunteer non profit fire station, with NO government support for HCBVEC volunteers.
H. CUERPO DE BOMBEROS VOLUNTARIOS DE EL CENTENARIO
4 - COMMAND PERSONNEL
1. BEC0016 General Director, Juan Carlos Contreras Sosa y Silva
2. BEC0018 Battalion Chief, Warren Robert Jorgenson Rottunda
3. BEC0017 Operational Commander, Mario de Jesús Rodríguez Padilla
4. BEC0125 Commander in Chief, Carlos Alfredo Godínez León
35 - PERSONNEL - HCBVEC Members
8 – CREW LINE OFFICERS
10 – PARAMEDICS/FIREFIGHTERS
13 – FIREFIGHTERS
9 - VEHICLES
2 Fire Engines Truck, 1977 and 1988
0 Tanker Water Tenders
2 Ambulances, 2011 Type II and 1988 Type III
1 Rescue 1997
2 Ems Motorcycle
2 Chiefs Vehicle, 2007 and 2013
This is a summary of our numbers of responses
DONATIONS - Your donated equipment will allow us to improve our life saving response capacity and provide positive involvement in emergency situations. In a few cases replenish a portion of our firefighting equipment, which has become seriously past its prime. Your donated equipment will allow us to add to our capabilities and in most cases allow us to outfit our personnel with their first turnout gear.
We can only hope that you will support our mission and help us implement our programs and initiatives.