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CBP Brigadier General Juan Carlos Morales Carpio was elected general commander of the General Corps of Volunteer Firefighters of Peru (CGBVP) for the period 2024-2026.
This was decided by representatives of the 247 fire companies throughout the country in a voting process, in which the new authority of the fire service institution was the winner by a large majority.
The main goals of this new management are: to strengthen the operational capacity of the CGBVP and improve the equipment for emergency response. Another of its goals is the well-being of volunteer firefighters, especially those who provide services in different regions of the country.
Morales Carpio, a native of Arequipa, will take office on January 1, 2024. Currently, he is general director of Volunteering at the CGBVP.
In his 42 years of service to the institution, he served as head of the VII Arequipa Departmental Command and, within it, he was in charge of the Administration Office and was a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Council.
Likewise, he assumed the position of chief of the “Luis Kaemena Weiss No. 77” Volunteer Fire Company and was the first chief of the “Mariano Melgar y Valdivieso No. 186” Fire Company, both located in Arequipa.
He is a certified public accountant, lawyer and businessman in the communications and tourism sector in the south of the country. He has been recognized by the Provincial Municipality of Arequipa with the Diploma and the Gold Medal of the City and distinguished by the Congress of the Republic for his solidarity, commitment and selfless work to defend citizens.
In this new management, he will be accompanied by CBP Brigadier General Germán Medina Arzola as general vice commander of the CGBVP.
