Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades

What Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades does

Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades is a Portuguese non-profit humanitarian association (Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades, NIF 501220143) founded on 29 October 1929 and headquartered at Rua 7 outubro, nº7, 3680-116, Oliveira de Frades, Viseu. It delivers 24/7/365 civil protection and emergency response services to the municipality of Oliveira de Frades, operating with approximately 40 volunteer operational firefighters supplemented by two Equipas de Intervenção Permanente (EIP — professional daytime firefighter teams). Its service portfolio spans pre-hospital emergency care, non-urgent patient transport (e.g., dialysis, physiotherapy), high-angle rescue, water rescue via a dedicated rescue boat, an underwater dive team, and a drone unit for surveillance and search-and-rescue. The association also provides event-safety prevention services (firefighting, ambulances, rescue equipment, monitoring personnel) for local promoters and runs fee-based training programmes in first aid (4–8 hours) and fire extinguisher handling (2–4 hours) for companies, associations, schools, and community groups.

The organisation runs a real-time public incident tracker ("Ocorrências em Tempo Real") on its website, refreshed every five minutes and supporting browser push notifications, which functions as both an operational transparency tool and a community engagement channel. Its technology stack is modest: a WordPress-based website (bvofrades.pt) hosted by Inforthom, Google Analytics 4 for anonymous traffic analysis, and standard push-notification infrastructure — there is no proprietary software platform, mobile app, or disclosed AI/ML capability. Compliance posture is formalised under GDPR (Reg. UE 2016/679) and Portuguese Lei n.º 58/2019, with documented data-retention rules and operational data-sharing arrangements with ANEPC, GNR, and health authorities.

The business model blends subscription, transactional, and quasi-grant funding. Sócio individual memberships run at €1.25/month (€15/year); corporate and honorary membership fees are listed as "to be defined." Patient transport, training, and event-prevention services are priced per engagement with no public rate card. Outreach is community-led and direct-to-consumer, relying on the website, dedicated functional email addresses (comando, secretaria, presidencia.direcao, transportes, imagem), the local phone line (232 761 115), and 112 for emergencies. There is no paid advertising, no app store presence, and no disclosed investors or parent entity; governance rests with elected Corpos Sociais.

Name

Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades

Legal name

Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades

Website

https://bvofrades.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades is a 1929-founded Portuguese humanitarian association providing 24/7 emergency response, rescue, patient transport, event prevention, and community training to the municipality of Oliveira de Frades, funded by memberships, service fees, and public co-funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (922160), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPABANAI

Natural Disaster Preparedness & Recovery (Storm/Flood/Wildfire)

Business & Public Services/Facilities Management & Building Services/Emergency Preparedness and Response Services

SECONDARYAFAMAEAE

Wildfire Suppression & Incident Response

Agriculture & Food Production/Forestry & Logging/Forest Health, Pest & Fire Management Services

SECONDARYIMAMAAAH

Forest Fire Management & Fuels Reduction Services

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Paper & Forest Products/Forestry & Logging

SECONDARYBPADADAK

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Preparedness

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Humanitarian Relief & Emergency Response

SECONDARYAFAMAEAK

Integrated Forest Health & Fire Management Planning

Agriculture & Food Production/Forestry & Logging/Forest Health, Pest & Fire Management Services

Keywords

• Emergency response services
• Firefighting services
• Patient transport services
• First aid training
• Civil protection services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oliveira de Frades

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sócio Membership Fees: Annual membership quotas charged to individual members (€1.25/month = €15/year) and corporate/honorary members (fees to be defined). These contributions finance equipment, training, and maintenance of operational vehicles.
2. Service Fees (Transportes de Doentes): Non-urgent patient transport services (dialysis, physiotherapy) are managed as contracted service, with data retention of 5 years for legal/accounting obligations.
3. Event Prevention Services: Provision of fire safety prevention and emergency medical coverage for events (concerts, festivals, sporting events). Fees structured per event, with a 30-day advance booking requirement. Services include firefighting teams, ambulances, rescue equipment, and monitoring personnel.
4. Training Services: Non-certified training programmes offered to entities, companies, and the public in First Aid (4–8 hours, groups up to 20) and Fire Extinguisher Handling (2–4 hours). Delivered at the fire station or at the client's premises.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades is a humanitarian association that delivers 24/7/365 civil protection and emergency response services to the municipality of Oliveira de Frades. Core offerings include pre-hospital emergency care, firefighting, high-angle rescue, water/dive rescue, drone-assisted search, and non-urgent patient transport, supplemented by paid event safety coverage and First Aid/Fire Extinguisher training for the community and local organizations.

Product overview

Bombeiros Voluntários de Oliveira de Frades is a humanitarian association dedicated to civil protection, offering a unified portfolio of emergency response and community services. The core offering centers on Protection and Relief (Proteção e Socorro) — including Pre-Hospital Emergency, Non-Urgent Patient Transport, High Angle Rescue, Rescue Boat, Diving Team, and Drone Unit — supplemented by Prevention services for events and community training programs in First Aid and Fire Extinguisher Handling. The organization also operates membership programs for financial supporters (Sócio) and actively recruits volunteer firefighters. A real-time incident tracking portal provides public access to active occurrences and 24-hour history. The service architecture is organized as a single integrated emergency services provider rather than a platform with modular add-ons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Hospital Emergency Response
• Non-Urgent Patient Transport
• High Angle Rescue
• Water Rescue (Rescue Boat and Diving Team)
• Drone Unit (Aerial Reconnaissance)
• Permanent Intervention Teams (EIP)
• Event Safety Coverage (Prevenções para Eventos)
• First Aid Training (Formação em Primeiros Socorros)
• Fire Extinguisher Handling Training (Formação em Manuseamento de Extintores)
• Sócio Membership Programme

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ANEPC, GNR, Health AuthoritiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn emergency and operational situations, data (location, nature of incident) may be shared with other fire brigades and civil protection entities under the coordinated response framework. ANEPC (Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil), GNR (Guarda Nacional Republicana), and health authorities receive data as required by law or in the interest of protecting lives, per Articles 6(1)(f) and 9(2)(c) of GDPR.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bombeiros-volunt%C3%A1rios-de-oliveira-de-frades

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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