Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Vila Real de Santo António e Castro Marim

The Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Vila Real de Santo António e Castro Marim is a single corporation serving both municipalities at the eastern tip of the Algarve, founded on 15 January 1890 after a series of fires led local residents to organise a structured response. It is based on Rua Doutor Francisco Sá Carneiro in Vila Real de Santo António, and its intervention area covers both the VRSA and Castro Marim council areas, with fire fighting, forest fire response, patient transport and rescue. As a humanitarian association it depends on membership, donations and joint support from both municipal councils, which formalised their combined backing for the corporation in 2023. In an emergency, always call 112. This listing is for contacting the association directly for non-urgent matters (donations, membership, fundraising, volunteering), and is never a substitute for the emergency line.