[3] The agency's mandate is to prevent and fight fires; aid people and property in the case of fires, accidents, disasters, public calamities; promote education and prevention campaigns for accident avoidance; review and issue security certificates in matters of its competence; provide the collaboration requested by the state and those in need.

[4] In 2017, CVB's 5,100 bomberos (of which 4,414 work ad honorem) provided help in 922,668 service incidents to the Guatemalan people.

[5][better source needed] The current budget for the Bomberos Voluntarios de Guatemala is 80,000,000 Quetzales (10.44 million USD).

[6] Each year, CVB attend the "Congreso de la República" to ask for a budgetary increase, as the current funds currently available are insufficient to meet the major burden of emergencies across Guatemala,[5][better source needed] petitioning the government for a 25% increase in funding (additional 20 million Quetzales) in 2018.

[5][better source needed] As a result, Bomberos Voluntarios often rely upon support from private institutions or international NGOs, like after the 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption.