O Corpo de Bombeiros Militar do Paraná: entre a coerção e a educação frente ao tema do poder de polícia administrativo

Abstract

This work includes the dissertation for an academic Master's degree in the area of Education, focused on the research line “Society, Knowledge and Education”. The research was conducted using a mixed method (integrative or multimodal) and aimed to analyze the administrative police power of the Paraná Military Fire Department (CBMPR) in order to discuss the relationship between the coercive and educational nature of the actions of this state institution, as well as the implications of these actions to prevent and combat fires and panic. The study was based fundamentally on Max Weber's concepts of coercion and Foucault's concepts of governmentality, questioning the exercise of police power by the CBMPR as a state agent responsible for Public Security and the actions resulting from this action in civil society, particularly with the business sectors regarding compliance with the standards established for preventing and combating fires. In addition to the documentary analysis of the legal system concerning the Fire Department's activities, an exploratory study was conducted on the results of the sanctions applied and data collection was conducted using questionnaires involving both the people of Paraná and the firefighters who worked in fire and panic prevention services, in all institutional spheres and functions. The interpretation of the data collected internally and externally to the state institution allowed us to conclude that the people of Paraná attribute legitimacy to the police power of the CBMPR with regard to the work of preventing and fighting fires. At the same time, the research indicated the need to improve the training of public safety professionals who work in this service, in order to link the coercive function to educational actions that contribute to the improvement of the services provided. Thus, technical solutions were proposed to meet the popular and institutional aspirations, resulting from actions taken by the researcher throughout the Master's degree.