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North: hospital and fire service found guilty of ‘negligence’
Three hundred thousand euros. That is the hefty sum that the Nord Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS) and Roubaix Hospital will have to pay to a man aged…
Bouches-du-Rhône: four firefighters injured whilst on duty
NEWS IN BRIEF. Four firefighters from SDIS 13 were injured on Thursday evening whilst attending a traffic accident on the RD17 in La Barben, near…
Gironde: a firefighting drone project wins an award at the Lépine competition
The project to combat the rekindling of fires has been awarded the Senate’s Grand Prize at the Lépine competition, according to our colleagues at *Sud Ouest*. Cédric Cautard from Gironde, the…
Another firefighter dies during a drill in Gironde
A full-time firefighter from the Coutras fire station died on Monday at the Pellegrin University Hospital in Bordeaux following an accident during a training exercise, according to our colleagues at France Bleu…
A rare forest fire in the North; 5 hectares burnt
A rare forest fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in the Saint-Amand forest in the Nord department, burning five hectares of vegetation, according to the fire service. Yesterday, during…
Tarn-et-Garonne: a firefighter dies during a drill
"We are used to facing dangers during rescue operations, but we are also vulnerable to this sort of tragedy, with no warning at all," he tells…
Paris: knife attack in the 2nd arrondissement
On Saturday evening, at around 9.00 pm, a man stabbed several people on Rue Monsigny (2nd arrondissement of Paris). The police initially tried to reason with the man by…
Naomi’s death: firefighters call for a ‘reform of the emergency call system’
The news of the mishandling of an emergency call in Strasbourg, followed by the death of 22-year-old Naomi Musenga, has caused a great deal of emotion and raised many questions. Everything…
Fire: four Paris firefighters injured
A fire broke out this Friday at 12.30 pm in Fontenay-sous-Bois in an 80 m² flat on the first floor of a block of flats. The fire spread to two other flats and…
Maureilhan (34)
A wildfire has been reported in the commune of Maureilhan in the Hérault department. The fire is located near a pine forest. Around fifteen firefighters from SDIS 34 are on the scene…
Emergency services: Samu 34 handles more than 1,500 calls at the weekend
The family of a woman from Alsace who is believed to have died following a delay in treatment by the Centre 15 in Strasbourg at the end of last December want the full truth to come out and have…
Strasbourg: her distress call was not taken seriously; she died a few hours later
Naomi, aged 22, died in December 2017; she had called the emergency services, but the operator failed to dispatch assistance and even went so far as to mock her. The young woman then called…
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