The Grand-Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps (in French: Corps grand-ducal d'incendie et de secours, or CGDIS) has been the fire brigade of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg since 1 July 2018.[1] This replaced the previous federation of local fire services made up of volunteer firefighters, communal rescue services, civil protection organisations and the fire and rescue services of the city of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg air navigation administration (for Luxembourg Airport), both made up of professional firefighters.
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| Operational area | |
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| Country | Luxembourg |
| Address | 3 Boulevard de Kockelscheuer, L-1821 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 2018 |
| Commissioner | Paul Schroeder |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Divisions | 4 |
| Website | |
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Ranks
| Higher cadre of professional and volunteer fire fighters[2] Cadre supérieur des pompiers volontaires et professionnels | ||||||||
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| Insignia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| French | Directeur général | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Capitaine | Lieutenant 1ère classe | Lieutenant | Lieutenant-aspirant |
| English | Director general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant 1st class | Lieutenant | Aspirant lieutenant |
| Middle cadre of professional and volunteer fire fighters[2] Cadre moyen des pompiers volontaires et professionnels | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insignia |  |  |  |  |
| French | Adjudant-major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Adjudant-aspirant |
| English | Adjutant major | Chief adjutant | Adjutant | Aspirant adjutant |
| Basic cadre of professional and volunteer fire fighters[2] Cadre de base des pompiers volontaires et professionnels | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insignia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| French | Sergent-major | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef 1ère classe | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Brigadier | Brigadier-aspirant |
| English | Sergeant major | Chief sergeant | Sergeant | Chief corporal 1st class | Chief corporal | Corporal | Brigadier | Aspirant brigadier |
Former Ranks
| Officers Officiers Offizéier | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insignia |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| French | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel 1er degré | Lieutenant Colonel 2e degré | Commandant | Capitaine Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant 1ère classe | Lieutenant | |
| Luxembourgish | Kolonell | Lieutenant Kolonell Éischt Grad | Lieutenant Kolonell Zweet Grad | Kommandant | Kapitän Kommandant | Kapitän | Lieutenant Éischt Klass | Lieutenant | |
| English | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel 1st class | Lieutenant colonel 2nd class | Commandant | Captain commandant | Captain | Lieutenant 1st class | Lieutenant | |
| NCOs Sous-officiers Ënneroffizéier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insignia |  |  |  | |||||
| French | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent | |||||
| Luxembourgish | Adjudant Chef | Adjudant | Sergent | |||||
| English | Chief adjutant | Adjutant | Sergeant | |||||
| Enlisted Hommes du rang Pompjeeën | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insignia |  |  |  |  | ||||
| French | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Pompier première classe | Pompier-aspirant | ||||
| Luxembourgish | Korporal Chef | Korporal | Pompjeen Éischt Klass | Pompjeen Aspirant | ||||
| English | Chief corporal | Corporal | Firefighter first class | Aspirant firefighter | ||||