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Who is Gérard Collomb, Minister of State and Minister for the Interior?
Minister for the Interior since 17 May 2017. Born on 20 June 1947 in Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire). Academic background: Agrégé in Classical Literature. Career: Teacher of Classical Literature. Elected offices…
Who is Karine Lejeune?
Article updated on 4 July 2018 On Friday 29 June 2018, at the Château du Val-Saint-Germain, Colonel Jean-Marc Michelet, who has headed the group since 2015, officially confirmed…
Who is Jérôme Bonet, spokesperson for the National Police Headquarters?
As Comptroller-General, Jérôme Bonet is the head of the National Police’s Information and Communications Service (SICoP). He is required to respond swiftly to current affairs and to take action in the event of…
Who is Frédéric de Lanouvelle, spokesperson for the Home Office?
Frédéric de Lanouvelle was appointed spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior on 4 December 2017. He succeeds Pierre-Henry Brandet. As a communications specialist, the spokesperson is responsible for…
Drôme: they wanted to roast some marshmallows and started a fire
The worst was avoided on Sunday in the Drôme. According to a report by our colleagues at *Le Dauphiné*, picked up by the website *feuxdeforet.fr*, it was whilst attempting to melt some…
Drôme: they wanted to roast some marshmallows and started a fire
The worst was avoided on Sunday in the Drôme. According to a report from our colleagues at *Le Dauphiné*, it happened whilst trying to roast marshmallows over a fire made from pallets…
Nice: crowd scatters following loud bangs
Explosions were heard on Monday evening in Nice, near Place Magenta, according to our colleagues at Nice Matin. It is believed to have been a dispute between two individuals, during…
Hérault: People are rallying together to provide a specially adapted car for a firefighter who suffered burns
Following the fire in Roquessels-Gabian, north of Béziers in the Hérault department, in the summer of 2016 – in which four firefighters were seriously injured, one of whom, Jérémy Beier, lost his life – the response…
Paris: a CRS officer seriously injured by a reckless driver
The Paris emergency services were called out on Monday afternoon at around 4.30 pm near the Élysée Palace in Paris, after a motorist refused to comply with orders from police officers patrolling the…
Nice: Firefighters rescue a teenager off the coast of the harbour
It was more of a scare than anything else. Firefighters in Nice were called out on Monday afternoon to rescue a young boy aged around fifteen who was in distress in…
Puy-de-Dôme: firefighters launch a two-month strike
Firefighters from the Puy-de-Dôme SDIS are beginning a two-month strike this Monday. They are protesting against cuts in funding and “disastrous management”, and are calling for more staff to be recruited. According to the unions,…
Fire brigade schedules: they’re revolutionising patrols
With the help of two of his colleagues from the Morbihan centre, Christophe Vagueresse has launched an online solution designed to optimise the traditional calendar round. Known as Geosector, it is already…
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