SDIS 63 Service départemental d'incendie et de secours du Puy-de-Dôme

What SDIS 63 Service départemental d'incendie et de secours du Puy-de-Dôme does

SDIS 63 is the departmental fire and rescue service (Service Départemental d'Incendie et de Secours) for the Puy-de-Dôme department in France, established under French law as a public administrative entity headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its core function is to deliver 24/7 emergency response — including firefighting, rescue operations, medical first response, environmental protection, and safety-prevention education — to all 467 municipalities of the department through a network of 131 fire stations (casernes), coordinated centrally by the CTA-CODIS 63 alarm reception and operational dispatch center. The workforce comprises 488 professional firefighters (sapeurs-pompiers professionnels), 3,419 volunteer firefighters (sapeurs-pompiers volontaires), and 176 administrative, technical, and specialized personnel.

The operational platform centers on the CTA-CODIS 63 dispatch system, which receives emergency calls via the 18, 112, and 15 numbers, analyzes and geolocates incidents, and dispatches the nearest appropriate fire stations. The organization maintains a formal coordination partnership with SAMU (Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente) for medical-emergency patient care and transport, with firefighters delivering first response and transmitting medical reports to SAMU. Public-prevention education, firefighter recruitment, and an internal IT helpdesk (using RustDesk remote-desktop tooling) round out the service portfolio.

SDIS 63's revenue model is fundamentally public-sector: the entity is funded primarily through departmental budget allocations and departmental taxation, with services provided free of charge to citizens. A formal mécénat (patronage) program supplements funding by accepting financial, in-kind, and skills-based donations from businesses and individuals, offering a 60% tax deduction up to 0.5% of donor annual revenue. There is no commercial pricing model; the organization operates as part of France's national civil-security network under administrative supervision of the Puy-de-Dôme department.

Name

SDIS 63 Service départemental d'incendie et de secours du Puy-de-Dôme

Legal name

SDIS 63 - Service département d'incendie et de secours du Puy-de-Dôme

Website

https://sdis63.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

SDIS 63 is the publicly funded departmental fire and rescue service for Puy-de-Dôme, France, delivering 24/7 emergency response — firefighting, rescue, and medical first response — to citizens across all 467 municipalities via 131 fire stations coordinated through the CTA-CODIS 63 dispatch center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fire and Rescue Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (92216), Administration of Public Health Programs (92312)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Management & Disaster Response (EOC, Civil Defense) (BPAIAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disaster Response Coordination & Incident Command (EOC/ICS) (HLAJAGAB)

Keywords

• Fire and rescue services
• Emergency response services
• Firefighting operations
• Civil protection services
• Emergency medical response

Headquarters

HQ city

Clermont-Ferrand

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Emergency Services: Government-funded emergency response services provided to the citizens of Puy-de-Dôme department. Funded through public budgets and departmental taxes.
2. Mécénat/Patronage Program: Philanthropy program accepting donations from businesses and individuals to support public interest missions. Includes financial donations, in-kind donations, and skills-based volunteering. Offers 60% tax deduction for companies up to 0.5% of annual revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SDIS 63 is the departmental fire and rescue service for the Puy-de-Dôme department in France, providing 24/7 emergency response coverage through 131 fire stations. Its core offering includes firefighting, rescue operations, medical first response (coordinated with SAMU), and environmental protection, all dispatched and coordinated through the CTA-CODIS 63 alert reception center accessible via emergency numbers 18 and 112.

Product overview

SDIS 63 operates as the departmental fire and rescue service for Puy-de-Dome, France, providing a unified emergency response system centered on its CTA-CODIS 63 alert coordination center. The service encompasses emergency firefighting, rescue operations, and medical first response, supplemented by public prevention education, firefighter recruitment programs, corporate philanthropy, and internal IT support services. The organization manages 131 fire stations across the department with approximately 3,419 volunteer firefighters, 488 professional firefighters, and 176 administrative/technical staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Response Services Firefighting, rescue, and environmental protection operations carried out by fire stations across the Puy-de-Dôme department, providing first aid, medical care, and emergency response to citizens. Operations are dispatched through the CTA-CODIS 63 coordination center.
• Prevention and Safety Advisory Services Public education and advisory services providing guidance on domestic prevention, accident response, and emergency preparedness, including instructions on how to alert emergency services for the general public of the Puy-de-Dôme department.
• Firefighter Recruitment Services Programs and processes for recruiting volunteer (sapeurs-pompiers volontaires) and professional (sapeurs-pompiers professionnels) firefighters, providing application information and service opportunity details for prospective candidates.
• Mécénat / Donation Program Corporate and individual philanthropy program accepting financial donations, in-kind gifts, and skills-based volunteering to support the public-interest missions of SDIS 63. Donors receive a 60% tax reduction capped at 0.5% of annual turnover, with excess carried forward for five fiscal years.

Quantifiable outcome

• Full department coverage with 131 fire stations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SAMU (Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination partnership for medical emergency response. SDIS 63 firefighters provide first response and medical care, then transmit medical reports to SAMU for continued patient care and transport coordination.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris (BSPP): Military-affiliated Parisian fire brigade covering Paris and surrounding départements. Comparable in core mission (fire, rescue, medical) but structurally distinct as a military unit; closest functional peer in terms of operational scope.
• SDIS 31 (Haute-Garonne): Fire and rescue service for the Haute-Garonne department (Toulouse area). Same legal status, departmental mandate, and operational structure as SDIS 63, including emergency dispatch and medical first response coordination.
• SDIS 13 (Bouches-du-Rhône): Departmental fire and rescue service for Bouches-du-Rhône (Marseille region), operating as a direct functional peer of SDIS 63 with the same legal mandate, structure, and operational scope under French law.
• SDIS 44 (Loire-Atlantique): Fire and rescue service for the Loire-Atlantique department (Nantes area). Direct peer with similar departmental mandate, public funding model, and combined emergency response services.
• SDIS 59 (Nord): Fire and rescue service for the Nord department (Lille/Roubaix area). One of the larger French SDIS entities with comparable organizational structure, regional dispatch coordination, and mixed volunteer/professional workforce.
• SDIS 69 (Rhône): Fire and rescue service for the Rhône department (Lyon metropolitan area). Directly comparable to SDIS 63 with similar volunteer/professional firefighter structure, departmental funding model, and CTA-CODIS dispatch model.
• SDIS 38 (Isère): Fire and rescue service for the Isère department (Grenoble area). Adjacent departmental SDIS in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region with similar climate risks (alpine/mountain rescue) and operational mandate.
• SDIS 67 (Bas-Rhin): Fire and rescue service for the Bas-Rhin department (Strasbourg area). Standard departmental SDIS with comparable operational structure, funding model, and CTA-CODIS dispatch.
• SDIS 34 (Hérault): Fire and rescue service for the Hérault department (Montpellier area). Direct peer with notable exposure to Mediterranean wildfire risk, comparable to SDIS 63's exposure to Auvergne region wildfire threats.
• SDIS 33 (Gironde): Fire and rescue service for the Gironde department (Bordeaux area). Profile includes significant wildfire response operations and a comparable departmental mandate to SDIS 63.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SDIS_63
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCg3YBhLLt1EGBvFfkSQ4DJw?view_as=subscriber
• Facebookfacebook.com/sdis.63.officiel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sdis-63

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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