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Become a member

FEU Firefighters Team
What's in it for me/us?

Why become a member?

  • You’re ”on top” of the latest knowledge in Europe
  • You ’open doors’ for the fire officers in your country for developement & exchange
  • You organize ’european capacity’ on the challenges in your home country, thats value for money
  • You can develope your leadership by contributing to the FEU.
  • You have an excellent network on strategical level
Become a member
Membership

FEU offers three classes of membership

Membership

Corporate member

Corporate members are individual organizations and associations. They are entitled to participate in the business of the Federation, attend FEU council meetings and to send officers to participate in FEU educational activities, knowledge sharing etc., to serve on FEU Committees and/or Working Groups.
Membership

Chief Fire Officer

Chief Fire Officer members (CFO member) are individual career principal officers who have day to day responsibility for managing municipal / county / regional / national fire brigades at the strategic level of command. They are entitled to participate in the business of the Federation. If nominated as a delegate by their association or state fire service, they are entitled to the privileges of a full member delegate. CFO's must be members of FEU to allow them access to the data in the internal area of the FEU website and the FEU knowledge management platform.
Membership

Brigade Member

Brigade members are individual public fire services at a local, municipal or regional level. They are entitled to participate in the business of the Federation and to send officers to participate in FEU educational activities, knowledge sharing etc., to serve on FEU Committees and/or Working Groups but they are not entitled to send officers to attend FEU Council meetings or the FEU Management Board. Brigades must be members of FEU in order to allow their officers to participate in educational activities, information sharing etc.
Membership

Full Member

Full members are state fire services and/or fire officer association including career principal fire officers from public fire and rescue services, which are recognized / approved at national level or which are able, at national level, to express the views of career principal officers. They are entitled to participate in the business of the Federation and to send delegates to attend FEU Council meetings. Delegates are entitled to hold elective office, serve on the FEU Management Board, FEU Committees and Working Groups and have voting rights at FEU Council meetings. A career principal fire officer from a public fire and rescue service is a senior officer who manages and organizes the service at local, regional or municipal level. A career principal fire officer from a state fire service is a senior officer who manages and organizes the state fire service at a national level. All delegates will be informed about the business of the Federation and have access to the data in the internal area of the FEU website.

FEU Membership Application form

Due to their organizational nature, state fire services are exempt from applying. Submitting a written request to become a full member of the Federation is sufficient.

In the event of a member association, the association shall prove their eligibility to the constitution of the Federation by sending:

  • the founding document, that provides evidence for the member association career principal fire officers from public fire and rescue services, which are recognized / approved at national level or which are able, at national level, to express the views  of career principal officers
  • the recognition/approval of the member association at national level
  • the administrators list
  • the most recent annual report of the association
  • the website of the association

to the FEU Secretary and by publishing these documents on the website of the member association. For more information secretary@f-e-u.org.

 

Application Forms

Applicate as a member using the links below:

Corporate Membership

CFO Membership

Brigade Membership

Full Membership

 

Membership rates

From 2021 the following rates will apply

Applications for Full, Brigade and CFO membership shall be made on a standard FEU Membership Application form to the FEU Management Board which will make a recommendation to the FEU Council for approval at its next meeting.

Type of membership

Level

Amount*

CFO membership

Chief level 

€ 100,-

Brigade membership

Local level

€ 300,-

Full Membership

Association or State Fire Service

€ 1100,-

*To be reviewed annually