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Lyon: Firefighters’ unions serve strike notice
Following industrial action on 5 November and an unsuccessful meeting with the Lyon metropolitan authority, four trade unions within the SDMIS – the departmental and metropolitan fire and rescue service – are calling on all…
The SDIS 74 and 81 are changing category
In a decree dated 31 October 2018, amending the decree of 21 January 2017 on the classification of departmental fire and rescue services (SDIS), the SDIS 74 and 81 were…
California wildfires: at least nine people have died.
The fire has been raging since Thursday in northern California, whilst further south, the famous seaside resort of Malibu is under threat from another blaze which is…
Coordination between the fire service and the police comes under scrutiny
FEATURE. In a legislative report, Éric Ciotti, MP for the Alpes-Maritimes, highlights the need for coordination between the fire service and the police, against a backdrop where the number…
Charente: the departmental fire service training centre is taking shape
NEWS IN BRIEF. Construction work on the Charente departmental fire service training centre is now well under way. On the right-hand side of the photograph, you can see the future Jarnac fire station…
Mini-tornado in the Hérault: firefighters deploy a drone for reconnaissance
A mini-tornado swept through the town of Le Crès, near Montpellier in the Hérault department, last night. Roofs were torn off, a conservatory was destroyed and part of the roof of a…
Firefighter sentenced following the death of a casualty he was transporting
The incident dates back to January 2016. Three volunteer firefighters from the Fougerolles fire station in Haute-Saône were transporting an 85-year-old woman. Whilst on their way to…
Video: SAMU 27 trials the medical motorcycle
The Eure emergency medical service (SAMU) is currently trialling the concept of a medical motorcycle within the emergency and resuscitation department in Vernon (27). The crew on this motorcycle consists of…
Matignon: A gendarme found dead in the gardens
The body of a 45-year-old gendarme was discovered at around 9.30 am in the gardens of the Hôtel Matignon (the Prime Minister’s official residence). He was a member of the Republican Guard, he…
Marseille: Three buildings collapse; over 100 marine firefighters at the scene
Tuesday 6 November: 08.15: The Marseille public prosecutor announced that the emergency services had recovered a man’s body. Monday 5 November: 20.43: The president of the PACA region…
Agde: two police officers injured during an arrest
An arrest went wrong on Friday evening at a property in Agde, in the Hérault department, where two police officers from the town’s Public Security unit were slightly injured; one…
Ain: a firefighter dies whilst on duty
A 37-year-old volunteer firefighter, Corporal Frédéric Thomas, died early on Thursday morning whilst on duty, in a road accident between Pont-d’Ain and Neuville-sur-Ain, whilst…
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