[2] The unit is reserve troop and ancillary force of the Brazilian Army, and integrating the system public security and social protection in Brazil.

Later, in 1886, the Municipality tried again to buy another pump of the Company of Apprentices Sailors (Portuguese: Companhia de Aprendizes Marinheiros) of Paranaguá city, but after being made an inspection, it was concluded that the bomb was useless.

But were not acquired the necessary equipment, and despite the lack of resources, the only service of fire fighting in the city of Curitiba, was conducted by German–Brazilian Society of Firefighters Volunteers (1897–1901).

The unit was conceived militarized as the Sapeurs-pompiers of France, and followed by model the Firefighters Corps of the Federal District, with its structure, organization and uniforms.

In 1917 it was annexed to the Military Police to serve as reserve troop, and in this period the unit had active involvement in the conflicts that occurred.

After a tumultuous period of revolutions, the Federal Government decided to demilitarize the firefighters to reduce the power of state forces.