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Brignoles: UIISC7 opens its doors this weekend
NEWS IN BRIEF. This weekend, the Civil Protection Unit 7 training and response centre in Brignoles is opening its doors to the public. Over the course of two days, Saturday and Sunday, visitors will have the chance to see…
The government is phasing out the SAIP terror alert app
The SAIP app is coming to an end. According to our sources, as also reported by our colleagues at RTL on Tuesday, the government has decided to discontinue the Alert System and…
The Red Cross is getting into electrocardiograms
In the Hérault, Rhône and Hauts-de-Seine departments, first-aiders from the French Red Cross are trialling, in collaboration with the SAMU, the recording and remote transmission of electrocardiograms (ECGs). A truly revolutionary development…
Extraction Challenge 2018: a look back in pictures
After more than 17 hours of competition, the 2018 Extraction Challenge has come to an end, with this year’s winners being the SDIS 44 team in the ‘SR – road rescue’ category and the team…
Mamoudou Gassama, the undocumented hero, is to join the fire service
The 22-year-old undocumented migrant from Mali rescued a child who was hanging precariously from the fourth floor of a block of flats in Paris (18th arrondissement) on Saturday evening, by climbing up the…
Drôme: NOVI emergency plan activated following a coach crash; at least three dead
Shortly after 11 pm on Saturday evening, a bus accident occurred on the A7 motorway in the north-south direction near Chantemerle-les-Blés, in the Drôme department. According to our information,…
Seine-et-Marne: firefighters forced to shave off their beards
In a memo published on 18 May, the departmental director of the Seine-et-Marne fire service has asked his staff to keep their faces clean-shaven. Beards…
In June, the fire brigade takes centre stage!
The 2018 National Firefighters’ Day (JNSP) will take place on Saturday 16 June 2018 across France. The day before, on 15 June, the traditional parade and ceremony…
Municipal police forces will have access to the SIV and the FNPC
A decree published this Friday in the Official Journal authorises all municipal police officers in France to access the vehicle registration system – the SIV – and the national database of…
Report on volunteer firefighters: everything you need to know
Following several months of deliberation and consultation, the report by the Volunteer Fire Service Task Force was submitted last Wednesday to the Minister of State and Minister for the Interior, Gérard Collomb,…
Civil Protection Helicopter Fleet: Key Facts
Established in 1957, the Civil Protection Helicopter Group (GHSC) comprises around 315 staff, including more than 200 flight crew (pilots and flight engineers). The 35 helicopters…
Geolocation of emergency calls: the DGSCGC is calling for a nationwide roll-out
The Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Crisis Management (DGSCGC), notably through Colonel Éric Grohin and Major Olivier Galichet, has announced…
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